Matango (1963)

08/11/1963 (JP) • 1h 29m

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

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...

Top Billed Cast

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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

island

monster

mushroom

yacht

greed

psychiatric ward

disfigurement

shipwrecked

lost island

mushrooms

fungus people

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