Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
- Original title
- 第五福竜丸
- Directed by
- Kaneto Shindō
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows the crew of a Japanese fishing boat. It shows what happens when their ship is contaminated by a nuclear bomb test.
somberbleakslow-burnhistoricalmelancholicreflectivequietgrounded
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
- Unforgettable Trail (1959)
- Thus Another Day (1959)
- Floating Weeds (1959)
- Fires on the Plain (1959)
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)
- We Live Today (1959)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…