Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

1959
1h 47m
7.3

7.3/10

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Drama
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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai Shinseiki Productions
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
English Japanese

Keywords

atomic bomb hydrogen bomb atomic bomb test based on true story fishing boat radiation sickness fishing vessel coproduction at sea

Quick Facts

Original Title 第五福竜丸
Release Date February 18, 1959
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0051511

Cast

Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno

Manakichi Kuboyama

Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa

Shizu Kuboyama

Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa

Governor

Koreya Senda
Koreya Senda

Dr. Kinoshita

Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama

Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima

Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō

Ippei Souda
Ippei Souda

Harold Conway
Harold Conway

Kikue Mōri
Kikue Mōri

Yasushi Nagata
Yasushi Nagata

Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto

Key Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Director
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Tengo Yamada
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Yasutaro Yagi
Screenplay
Kazuo Wakayama
Producer