Lucky Dragon No. 5
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.
Year: 1959
Genre: Drama
Studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Shinseiki Productions, Daiei Film
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Cast: Jūkichi Uno, Nobuko Otowa, Eitarō Ozawa, Koreya Senda, Taiji Tonoyama, Masao Mishima
Crew: Kaneto Shindō (Director), Eikichi Uematsu (Director of Photography), Tengo Yamada (Producer), Takashi Marumo (Art Direction), Hisao Itoya (Producer), Setsuo Noto (Producer)
Runtime: 107 minutes
Release: Feb 18, 1959
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: English, 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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