Molester Train: Searching for Beans

A member of the Self-Defense Forces escapes with a microfilm containing important military secrets of Japan and the United States. In order to protect the microfilm from his pursuers, he pretends to molest a girl on a crowded train and hides it in the private parts of a high school girl. A battle for the missing microfilm unfolds among the Metropolitan Police Department, the Public Security Bureau, a delinquent high school girl, and even spies from the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union, but what will become of the high school girl who has become a party to the matter?

Directed by Yojiro Takita, Molester Train: Searching for Beans leans on a strong ensemble — Usagi Asō, Shinji Kubo, Makoto Narita — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1982.