Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5 by Kaneto Shindō

7.30

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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Cast

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno as Manakichi Kuboyama

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa as Shizu Kuboyama

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa as Governor

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda as Dr. Kinoshita

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama as

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima as

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō as

Ippei Souda

Ippei Souda as

Harold Conway

Harold Conway as

Kikue Mōri

Kikue Mōri as

Yasushi Nagata

Yasushi Nagata as

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto as

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba as

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada as

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai as

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu as

Yasumi Hara

Yasumi Hara as

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui as

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga as

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura as

Shin Morikawa

Shin Morikawa as

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake as

Peter Williams

Peter Williams as

Masanori Takeda

Masanori Takeda as

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara as

Someshō Matsumoto

Someshō Matsumoto as

Ton Shimada

Ton Shimada as

Keizo Sasagawa

Keizo Sasagawa as

Ippei Kawashima

Ippei Kawashima as

Teruo Matsuyama

Teruo Matsuyama as

Shōji Ichimura

Shōji Ichimura as

Keiko Tama

Keiko Tama as

Reiko Niimura

Reiko Niimura as

Ruriko Hitomi

Ruriko Hitomi as

Hisako Hara

Hisako Hara as

Chiyoko Komine

Chiyoko Komine as

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