Lucky Dragon No. 5
Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

February 18, 1959107 min7.3JA
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.

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Cast

Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi UnoManakichi Kuboyama
Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko OtowaShizu Kuboyama
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō OzawaGovernor
Koreya Senda
Koreya SendaDr. 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