Movie Description
第五福竜丸
(1959)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Kaneto Shindō
- Producer : Tengo Yamada,Hisao Itoya,Setsuo Noto,Kazuo Wakayama
- Cast : Jūkichi Uno,Nobuko Otowa,Eitarō Ozawa,Koreya Senda,Taiji Tonoyama,Masao Mishima,Taketoshi Naitō,Ippei Souda,Harold Conway,Kikue Mōri,Yasushi Nagata,Kappei Matsumoto,Yoshio Inaba,Torahiko Hamada,Tomo'o Nagai,Masao Shimizu,Yasumi Hara,Kōji Mitsui,Zenpei Saga,Zeko Nakamura,Shin Morikawa,Hisao Toake,Peter Williams,Masanori Takeda,Shojiro Ogasawara,Someshō Matsumoto,Ton Shimada,Keizo Sasagawa,Ippei Kawashima,Teruo Matsuyama,Shōji Ichimura,Keiko Tama,Reiko Niimura,Ruriko Hitomi,Hisako Hara,Chiyoko Komine,Kunie Tanaka
Cast
Manakichi Kuboyama
Shizu Kuboyama
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Facts
Original Title第五福竜丸
Status Released
Release Information
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1959-02-18
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 47m
Production CompaniesKindai Eiga Kyokai,Shinseiki Productions
Genres
- Drama
