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Lucky Dragon No. 5

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 Cast

  • Jūkichi Uno

    Jūkichi Uno

    Manakichi Kuboyama

  • Nobuko Otowa

    Nobuko Otowa

    Shizu Kuboyama

  • Eitarō Ozawa

    Eitarō Ozawa

    Governor

  • Koreya Senda

    Koreya Senda

    Dr. Kinoshita

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    Taiji Tonoyama

  • Masao Mishima

    Masao Mishima

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

  • Ippei Souda

    Ippei Souda

  • Harold Conway

    Harold Conway

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.

Rating

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