---
title: 'Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kaneto Shindō'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lucky-dragon-no-5-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051511/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

1959 · 115 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 第五福竜丸

## Synopsis

Lucky Dragon No. 5  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kaneto Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaneto-shindo)
- **Screenplay:** [Kaneto Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaneto-shindo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hikaru Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hikaru-hayashi)

## Cast

- [Nobuko Otowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuko-otowa)
- [Koreya Senda](https://cinepixo.com/people/koreya-senda)
- [Eitarō Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-ozawa)
- [Jūkichi Uno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jukichi-uno)
- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-tonoyama)
- [Taketoshi Naito](https://cinepixo.com/people/taketoshi-naito)

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