Matango

Matango

1963
1h 29m
6.7

6.7/10

104 votes • View on IMDb

"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...

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Tokyo Laboratory
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title マタンゴ
Release Date August 11, 1963
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0057295

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

Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto

Transitional Matango

Takuzō Kumagai
Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)

Akio Kusama
Akio Kusama

Police Personnel

Yutaka Oka
Yutaka Oka

Doctor

Keisuke Yamada
Keisuke Yamada

Doctor

Key Crew

Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Ishirō Honda
Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer