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Matango

Matango

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

19636.71h 29m

Overview

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...

Directed by Ishirō Honda
Written by Takeshi Kimura, William Hope Hodgson, Shinichi Hoshi
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Top Cast

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Kenji Murai - Professor

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Senzô Koyama - Sailor

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Miki Yashiro

Miki Yashiro

Akiko Sôma - Student

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)

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Yutaka Oka

Doctor (uncredited)

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Keisuke Yamada

Doctor (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

islandmonstermushroomgreedpsychiatric warddisfigurementshipwreckedlost islandmushroomsfungus people

About Matango

Matango is a horror, science fiction, thriller, drama, mystery, fantasy film released in 1963 exploring themes of island, monster, mushroom, greed, psychiatric ward, disfigurement. Directed by Ishirō Honda, it stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi. 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...

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