Lucky Dragon No. 5

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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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Creators

Kaneto Shindō

director

Kaneto Shindō

writer

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Yasutarō Yagi

writer

Cast

Jukichi Uno actor

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Nobuko Otowa actor

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Eitarō Ozawa actor

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Koreya Senda actor

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Taiji Tonoyama actor

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Masao Mishima actor

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Taketoshi Naito actor

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Ippei Souda actor

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Harold Conway actor

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Kikue Mōri actor

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Yasushi Nagata actor

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Kappei Matsumoto actor

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Yoshio Inaba actor

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Torahiko Hamada actor

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Tomo'o Nagai actor

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Masao Shimizu actor

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Yasumi Hara actor Kōji Mitsui actor

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Zenpei Saga actor

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Zekō Nakamura actor