Bullet Train

NHK - The Pioneer of the Shinkansen (2016) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 6, 2017

Shinji Sogo was the 4th president of Japanese National Railways. With imagination and determination, he made sure that the Shinkansen bullet train service started in time for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The news brought attention from around the world and revived the railway industry. It also laid the groundwork for high-speed railways being planned and built in Europe, the US and Asia today. This program examines rare documents and firsthand accounts of how Sogo's leadership brought the ambitious Shinkansen project to fruition.

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NHK - High Speed High Safety (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Sept. 7, 2015

Since Japan's Shinkansen bullet train service went into operation 50 years ago, it has prided itself on its high speed, high safety and punctuality unrivaled in any other country. It boasts a record of no passenger fatalities caused by accidents, and an average delay of only 30 seconds from the scheduled time. Thanks to the use of aerodynamics and world-class environmental measures, combined with Japanese technological expertise, the Shinkansen is now on the verge of entering an era of running at 500 kilometers per hour. This program examines the cutting-edge technology used by Japan's high-speed trains, and the worldwide attention it is attracting.

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BBC - Japan with Sue Perkins (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Sept. 26, 2019

Sue Perkins takes a trip around Japan.

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BBC - Witness History: Japan Special (2021) Movies

Posted by notbanned at July 6, 2021

In the run-up to this year's Tokyo Olympics, this edition of Witness History is presented from Japan and introduces us to five important moments in Japan's history:

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Yamato (2005) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Oct. 11, 2010

Makiko Uchida arrives in a southern Japanese port hoping to find a boat that will take her to the final resting place of the Battleship Yamato on the 60th anniversary of its sinking. She is rebuffed by all until she reveals to Katsumi Kamio that she is the daughter of Petty Officer Uchida. Kamio is surprised for he thought unlike himself, Uchida had been lost when the Yamato was besieged and sunk on April 7, 1945 by American aircraft which prevented its fulfilling a final suicide mission against the American fleet battling to capture Okinawa. Kamio and Uchida were part of a close set of comrades that proudly and bravely served on board this, the largest battleship ever constructed. He agrees to journey with Makiko with only the help of Atsushi, a 15 year old deckhand. As he pilots the way throughout the rough 15 hour journey Kamio reminiscences about life aboard the Yamato during the war and also about the sailor's mothers and girlfriends left back home…

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History Channel - Brits Who Made the Modern World (2008) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at May 18, 2013

A Documentary looking at the untold stories of British scientific innovations. Join Peter Snow as he tracks down the people who fought against all the odds to create the incredible technology that helped Britain Make the Modern World. This series covers the invention and creation of the APT Tilting Trains, Mobile Phones – The Vodafone Story, Rockets – The Black Arrow story, Computer Games – the first 3d game and the incredible Harrier Jump Jet.

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Engineering Connections (2008-2011) Movies

Posted by metalero87 at Oct. 18, 2014

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Amazon -James May: Our Man in Japan Series 1 (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 4, 2020

James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat the noodles in a bid to truly understand the Land of the Rising Sun.

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Wanted (2008) Movies

Posted by ducnv at Oct. 3, 2008

A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities…

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Dead Man (1995) Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at Aug. 14, 2014

A dark, bitter commentary on modern American life cloaked in the form of a surrealist western, Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man stars Johnny Depp as William Blake, a newly-orphaned accountant who leaves his home in Cleveland to accept a job in the frontier town of Machine. Upon his arrival, Blake is told by the factory owner Dickinson (Robert Mitchum) that the job has already been filled. Dejectedly, he enters a nearby tavern, ultimately spending the night with a former prostitute. A violent altercation with the woman's lover (Gabriel Byrne), also Dickinson's son, leaves Blake a murderer as well as mortally wounded, a bullet lodged dangerously close to his heart. He flees into the wilderness, where a Native American named Nobody (Gary Farmer) mistakes Blake for the English poet William Blake and determines that he will be Blake's guide in his protracted passage into the spirit world.

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