
Lucky Dragon No. 5
第五福竜丸
Release: 1959-02-18·Runtime: 107m·★ 7.5
Drama
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Shinseiki Productions
Cast
Hisako Hara
Taiji Tonoyama
Kōji Mitsui
Shin Morikawa
Jūkichi Unoas Manakichi Kuboyama
Peter Williams
Nobuko Otowaas Shizu Kuboyama
Eitarō Ozawaas Governor
Taketoshi Naitō
Torahiko Hamada
Kunie Tanaka
Masao Shimizu
Zenpei Saga
Masao Mishima
Tomo'o Nagai
Hisao Toake
Yoshio Inaba
Yasumi Hara
Zeko Nakamura
Koreya Sendaas Dr. Kinoshita
Ippei Souda
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