Movie: Lucky Dragon No. 5

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jūkichi Uno
宇野重吉

Manakichi Kuboyama

Nobuko Otowa
乙羽信子

Shizu Kuboyama

Eitarō Ozawa
小沢栄太郎

Governor

Koreya Senda
千田是也

Dr. Kinoshita

Taiji Tonoyama
殿山泰司

Masao Mishima
三島雅夫

Taketoshi Naitō
内藤武敏

Ippei Souda
左右田一平

Harold Conway
Harold Conway

Kikue Mōri
毛利菊枝

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    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 Date

    1959-02-18

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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