Lucky Dragon No. 5

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 18, 1959

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film,Kindai Eiga Kyokai,Shinseiki Productions

Cast

Peter Williams,Zeko Nakamura,Masao Mishima,Hisako Hara,Jūkichi Uno,Ippei Souda,Masanori Takeda,Kappei Matsumoto,Koreya Senda,Shōji Ichimuraand 27 more

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Writer

Kaneto Shindō,Yasutaro Yagi

Producer

Tengo Yamada,Setsuo Noto,Hisao Itoya,Kazuo Wakayama

Cinematography

Eikichi Uematsu,Takei Dai

Music

Hikaru Hayashi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0051511