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Matango

Matango
★ 6.7/10•1963•1h 29m•Horror•Science Fiction•Thriller

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

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...

Ishirō Honda · Director

Takeshi Kimura · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 29m
LanguageJA
Release DateAug 11, 1963

Actors

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

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Transitional Matango

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)

Akio Kusama

Akio Kusama

Police Personnel

Yutaka Oka

Doctor

Keisuke Yamada

Doctor

Kazuo Hinata

Police Personnel

Katsumi Tezuka

Katsumi Tezuka

Police Personnel

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Matango

Tokio Ôkawa

Matango

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