
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
Ippei Souda
Yoshio Inaba
Zeko Nakamura
Peter Williams
Yasumi Hara
Masao Mishima
Masao Shimizu
Hisao Toake
Jūkichi Unoas Manakichi Kuboyama
Nobuko Otowaas Shizu Kuboyama
Taketoshi Naitō
Torahiko Hamada
Tomo'o Nagai
Kōji Mitsui
Koreya Sendaas Dr. Kinoshita
Taiji Tonoyama
Shin Morikawa
Hisako Hara
Kunie Tanaka
Eitarō Ozawaas Governor
Zenpei Saga
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