Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

1h 47m
Running Time

February 18, 1959
Release Date

Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

1h 47m
Running Time

February 18, 1959
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
February 18, 1959

Original Name
第五福竜丸

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 47m

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This Movie Is About.

atomic bomb
atomic bomb test
based on a true story
fishing boat
radiation sickness
hydrogen bomb
fishing vessel
coproduction
at sea

Wiki.

Lucky Dragon No. 5 (第五福竜丸, Daigo Fukuryū Maru) is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on events involving the fishing boat Daigo Fukuryū Maru and the Castle Bravo thermonuclear bomb test in 1954.

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