Lucky Dragon No. 5
Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

1959-02-18 | 107 min

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

Cast

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Ippei Souda

Ippei Souda

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