Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

TMDb 7.32/18/19591h 47m
Drama
IMDb

Original Title

第五福竜丸

Status

Released

Production Companies

Kindai Eiga KyokaiShinseiki Productions

Original Language

JA

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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.

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

English, Japanese

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