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Matango (1963)

"Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?"

6.9/10 1h 29m Aug 11, 1963
Horror Science Fiction Thriller Drama Mystery Fantasy

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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Movie Details

Original Title マタンゴ
Original Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 1.6

Cast

Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Kenji Murai - Professor
Popularity: 1.2
Kumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Popularity: 1.5
Hiroshi Koizumi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Popularity: 1.1
Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Popularity: 1.2
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Popularity: 0.9
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Popularity: 1.5
Miki Yashiro
Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student
Popularity: 0.1
Takuzō Kumagai
Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.7
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Yutaka Oka
Doctor (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.6
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Keisuke Yamada
Doctor (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0
Akio Kusama
Akio Kusama
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.8
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Kazuo Higata
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Ishirō Honda
Screenplay Takeshi Kimura
Editor Reiko Kaneko
Executive Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka

Production

TOHO
JP
Tokyo Laboratory
JP

Videos & Trailers

Quentin Tarantino on Attack of the Mushroom People
Quentin Tarantino on Attack of the Mushroom People
Featurette
Bad Movie Review: Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
Bad Movie Review: Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
Featurette
Attack of the Mushroom People Official Trailer
Attack of the Mushroom People Official Trailer
Trailer
The Voice in the Night Part 2 as told by Edward E. French
The Voice in the Night Part 2 as told by Edward E. French
Featurette
"The Voice in the Night" vintage weird horror narrated by Edward E.French
"The Voice in the Night" vintage weird horror narrated by Edward E.French
Featurette
Voice in the Night - Suspicion.
Voice in the Night - Suspicion.
Featurette

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Keywords

island monster mushroom yacht greed psychiatric ward disfigurement shipwrecked lost island mushrooms fungus people

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Details
Release Date August 11, 1963
Runtime 1h 29m
Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 1.6
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