Lucky Dragon No. 5

Feb 18, 1959

1h 47m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Shinseiki Productions

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Cast

Manakichi Kuboyama

Jūkichi Uno

Shizu Kuboyama

Nobuko Otowa

Governor

Eitarō Ozawa

Dr. Kinoshita

Koreya Senda

Taiji Tonoyama

Masao Mishima

Taketoshi Naitō

Ippei Souda

Harold Conway

Kikue Mōri

Yasushi Nagata

Kappei Matsumoto

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