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Rating: 6.8/10 by 97 users

Matango (1963)

Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...

Directing:
  • Ishirō Honda
  • Koji Kajita
Writing:
  • Shinichi Hoshi
  • Takeshi Kimura
  • Masami Fukushima
  • William Hope Hodgson
Stars:
Release Date: Sun, Aug 11, 1963

Rating: 6.8/10 by 97 users

Alternative Title:
Matango - JP
Attack of the Mushroom People - US
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People - US
Matango, Fungus of Terror - GB
Matango, il Mostro - IT
Matango, A Ilha da Morte - BR

Country:
Japan
Language:
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: island, monster, mushroom, yacht, greed, psychiatric ward, disfigurement, shipwrecked, lost island, mushrooms, fungus people

Akira Kubo
Kenji Murai - Professor
Kumi Mizuno
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji Sahara
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student
Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
Doctor (uncredited)
Keisuke Yamada
Doctor (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Kazuo Higata
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Toku Ihara
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Mitsuko Hayashi
Nurse (uncredited)
Tsurue Ichimanji
Nurse (uncredited)

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