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Lucky Dragon No. 5
Lucky Dragon No. 5
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  2. Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Original Title: 第五福竜丸

1959
1h 47m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1959

Runtime

1h 47m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Feb 18, 1959
Languages
English
Japanese
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Production
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Shinseiki Productions
Shinseiki Productions
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

37 Cast Members

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

Kikue Mōri

Yasushi Nagata

Kappei Matsumoto

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Yasumi Hara

Yasumi Hara

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura

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