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