Tokkyu Nippon

[Machine Translation] [Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection] Full of love, fights and thrills! Laughing courtship express is a big blast! --A limited express train, Kodama, departs from Tokyo Station. Sayoko (Reiko Dan), a waitress in the dining car, proposes to Kiichi (Frankie Sakai), a cook. Sayoko has a dream of opening a lunch box shop with Kiichi. However, Kiichi cannot give up his dream of becoming a cook at a first-class hotel. He is also being courted by Arijo (Yumi Shirakawa), a stuardess from a noble family. It is six and a half hours before the Kodama arrives at its final destination in Osaka. Will Sayoko be able to receive Kiichi's answer to her proposal? Based on Bunroku Shishi's "Seven and a Half Hours. Between the publication of the novel and the film version, the travel time between Tokyo and Osaka was reduced by one hour. This is a light comedy with a sense of speed, befitting the dawn of the age of speed. The cast includes unique actors such as Eitaro Ozawa, Sonomi Nakajima, and Kenzo Tamu as passengers on the express train. First time on DVD!

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer(s), gallery

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[東宝DVD名作セレクション] 恋と喧嘩とスリルを満載! 笑いの求婚特急は大爆進! ――東京駅発、特急こだま。食堂車のウエイトレス・サヨ子(団令子)は、コックの喜一(フランキー堺)にプロポーズ。サヨ子は喜一と一緒に弁当屋を開く夢を持っていた。とはいえ喜一は一流ホテルのコックなる夢を捨てられない。さらに華族出身のスチュアデス・有女子(白川由美)からもモーションをかけられている。こだまが終点・大阪に着くまで6時間半。サヨ子は喜一からプロポーズの返事を受け取ることができるのだろうか・・・。原作は獅子文六の「七時間半」。小説の発表から映画化までに東京―大阪の運行時間は1時間縮んでいた。そんなスピード時代の幕開けにふさわしい、スピード感あふれる軽快なコメディ作品。特急に乗り合わせた客には小沢栄太郎、中島そのみ、田武謙三などユニークな俳優陣を配している。初DVD化!

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