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Rating: 7.3/10 by 3 users

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.

Directing:
  • Kaneto Shindō
Writing:
  • Kaneto Shindō
  • Yasutaro Yagi
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Feb 18, 1959

Rating: 7.3/10 by 3 users

Alternative Title:
Daigo Fukuryū Maru - JP
Дракон Удачи №5 - RU
«Счастливый дракон» № 5 - RU

Country:
Japan
Language:
English
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 47 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, atomic bomb test, based on true story, fishing boat, radiation sickness, fishing vessel, coproduction, at sea

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