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Lucky Dragon No. 5

73% | Feb 18, 1959
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.

Top Billed Cast

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Jūkichi Uno
Manakichi Kuboyama
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Nobuko Otowa
Shizu Kuboyama
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Eitarō Ozawa
Governor
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Koreya Senda
Dr. Kinoshita

Featured Crew

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Kaneto Shindō
Director
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Hisao Itoya
Producer
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Setsuo Noto
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Tengo Yamada
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Eikichi Uematsu
Director of Photography
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Takashi Marumo
Art Direction
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Takei Dai
Director of Photography
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Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
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Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
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Yasutaro Yagi
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Kazuo Wakayama
Producer
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Kunie Maruyama
Sound Recordist

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