5 (第五福竜丸, Daigo Fukuryū Maru) is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō.

[1][2] It is based on events involving the fishing boat Daigo Fukuryū Maru and the Castle Bravo thermonuclear bomb test in 1954.

[1] An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryū Maru ("Lucky Dragon No.

They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take the time to clear their fishing gear.

5 was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.