Lucky Dragon No. 5 (film)

Lucky Dragon No. 5
第五福竜丸
Directed byKaneto Shindō
Written by
Produced by
  • Hisao Itoya
  • Kazuo Wakayama
  • Tengo Yamada
  • Setsuo Noto
Starring
Cinematography
  • Eikichi Uematsu
  • Dai Takei
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Shinseiki Eiga
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 18 February 1959 (1959-02-18) (Japan)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.