Cast
Jūkichi Uno 
Nobuko Otowa Harold Conway 
Torahiko Hamada 
Hisako Hara 
Hisashi Igawa
Credits
Written by: 
Kaneto Shindō
Plot
A dramatisation of a fishing crew irradiated by a nuclear test at Bikini Atoll.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kaneto Shindo dramatises the true story of a Japanese fishing crew irradiated by a US nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. Sober and angry, it is a pointed, humane protest film about the human cost of the bomb.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (106 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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