Horror ·Science Fiction ·Thriller ·Drama ·Mystery ·Fantasy · Japan · 1963 · 1h 29m

Matango

マタンゴ

Matango poster
Director
Ishirō Honda
Cast
Akira Kubo as Kenji Murai - Professor Kumi Mizuno as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer Hiroshi Koizumi as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper Kenji Sahara as Senzô Koyama - Sailor Hiroshi Tachikawa as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer Yoshio Tsuchiya as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Crew
Hajime Koizumi — Director of Photography Reiko Kaneko — Editor Sadao Bekku — Original Music Composer Takeshi Kimura — Screenplay Shinichi Hoshi — Story Masami Fukushima — Story
Tagline

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

Synopsis

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...

Trailer Matango — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
islandmonstermushroomgreedpsychiatric warddisfigurementshipwreckedlost islandmushroomsfungus people
Key Collaborators
Ishirō Honda Director Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography Reiko Kaneko Editor Sadao Bekku Original Music Composer Takeshi Kimura Screenplay Shinichi Hoshi Story Masami Fukushima Story Shigekazu Ikuno Production Design Shigeru Komatsuzaki Costume Design
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