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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.

Directed by Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay by Kaneto Shindō, Yasutaro Yagi

DETAILS

RUNTIME 1h 47min GENRES Drama STUDIOS Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Shinseiki Productions COUNTRIES Japan LANGUAGES English, 日本語 More Details at TMDB

CAST

Jūkichi Uno Manakichi Kuboyama

Nobuko Otowa Shizu Kuboyama

Eitarō Ozawa Governor

Koreya Senda Dr. Kinoshita

Taiji Tonoyama