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Lucky Dragon No. 5 poster

Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

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.

Release: 1959-02-18
Runtime: 107 min
Rating: 7.5 / 10
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
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Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
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Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
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Ippei Souda
Ippei Souda
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Harold Conway
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Kikue Mōri
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Yasushi Nagata
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Kappei Matsumoto
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Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
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Torahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
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Tomo'o Nagai
Tomo'o Nagai
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Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu
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Yasumi Hara
Yasumi Hara
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Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
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