Trivia / Train to Busan

• Completely Different Title:
  • Argentina and Brazil: Zombie Invasion
  • The rest of Latin America: Zombie Station
  • Greece: The Express of the Living Dead
  • Hong Kong: Corpses Kill Train
  • Japan: New Infection: Final Express
  • Poland and Turkey: Zombie Express
  • Taiwan: Corpse Speed Train
  • Vietnam: Train of Life and Death
• The Danza: Kim Su-an's character's name is also Su-an.
• Dawson Casting: Choi Woo-Sik and Ahn So-hee were in their mid-twenties while playing a high school-aged couple.
• The Foreign Subtitle: Hungary titled the film Train to Busan: Zombie Express.
• Referenced by...:
  • The movie itself gets a shout-out in 2019's The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale, with Min-gul showing a scene from the film (where the first train attendant is attacked) in order to explain to his family exactly who (or what) they have in their shed.
  • The movie gets name-dropped by a student in the fellow Korean Zombie Apocalypse-related production All of Us Are Dead, once they realize they are now dealing with a bonafide Zombie Apocalypse.
  • A subtle nod in Netflix series Kingdom (2019) — when the zombies infect the entire town overnight, the main characters wind up fleeing from Dongnae (then an important port city and now a district of modern Busan).
• Star-Making Role: This film introduced Sang-hwa's actor Ma Dong-seok (AKA Don Lee) to international audiences, with his very badass action scenes and amazing acting chops cementing him and his character as fan favorites.

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