Japan Synopsis
ライディング・ビーン
“He doesn't just break the traffic laws, He mangles them!”
Bean Bandit and his partner Rally Vincent are couriers for hire – transporting clients and delivering goods in his custom sports car "Roadbuster" for a hefty price. But when they are hired to escort a kidnapped girl named Chelsea to her home, they don't realize they're being framed for kidnapping as their former clients Semmerling and Carrie plan their escape with Chelsea's father and the ransom money.
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
110 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Riding Bean sits at position #54.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Riding Bean. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedVampire Hunter D
★ 6.6 · Japan
2 sharedNoblesse: The Beginning of Destruction
★ 6.7 · South Korea
2 sharedFragtime
★ 5.9 · Japan
2 sharedPokémon: Mewtwo Returns
★ 6.7 · Japan
2 sharedDigimon Adventure: Our War Game
★ 8.2 · Japan
2 sharedPokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
★ 6.3 · Japan
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Riding Bean premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,588 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,713 of 2,532 (top 68%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toshiba EMI, Bandai Visual, ARTMIC Co., Ltd., Youmex |
| Runtime | 46m |
| Release Date | February 22, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0098202 |