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Matango

Matango

Matango

Matango

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

1963•1h 29m•

★6.7(104 ratings)

HorrorScience FictionThriller

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...

Director

Writers

Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Hoshi, Masami Fukushima

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Main 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)

Yutaka Oka

Yutaka Oka

Doctor (uncredited)

Keisuke Yamada

Keisuke Yamada

Doctor (uncredited)

Akio Kusama

Akio Kusama

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Kazuo Higata

Kazuo Higata

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Ishirō Honda
First Assistant Director: Koji Kajita

Writing

Screenplay: Takeshi Kimura
Short Story: William Hope Hodgson
Adaptation: Takeshi Kimura
Story: Shinichi Hoshi
Story: Masami Fukushima

Production

Production Manager: Tadashi Koike
Production Manager: Shigeru Nakamura
Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka

Music & Sound

Sound Recordist: Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Effects: Minoru Kaneyama
Original Music Composer: Sadao Bekku
Sound Mixer: Hisashi Shimonaga

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Hajime Koizumi

Editing

Editor: Reiko Kaneko

Art Direction

Production Design: Shigekazu Ikuno

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design: Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design: Keizô Murase
Assistant Costume Designer: Keizô Murase
Costume Design: Shigeru Komatsuzaki

Visual Effects

Visual Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director: Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Director: Teruyoshi Nakano
Modeling: Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling: Eizo Kaimai

Keywords

islandmonstermushroomgreedpsychiatric warddisfigurementshipwreckedlost islandmushroomsfungus people

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?"

#2

The original title is "マタンゴ" (JA).

#3

The runtime is 89 minutes (1h 29m).

#4

The film was directed by Ishirō Honda.

#5

The screenplay was written by Takeshi Kimura.

#6

The score was composed by Sadao Bekku.

#7

Cinematography was handled by Hajime Koizumi.

#8

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0057295.

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Rating

6.7/10

Good

104 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

マタンゴ

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

Production Companies:

TOHO

TOHO

Tokyo Laboratory

Tokyo Laboratory