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Matango (1963)

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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...

Cast & Crew

Director
Ishirō Honda
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    Kenji Murai - Professor Akira Kubo
  • Profile picture of Kumi Mizuno
    Mami Sekiguchi - Singer Kumi Mizuno
  • Profile picture of Hiroshi Koizumi
    Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper Hiroshi Koizumi
  • Profile picture of Kenji Sahara
    Senzô Koyama - Sailor Kenji Sahara
  • Profile picture of Hiroshi Tachikawa
    Etsurô Yoshida - Writer Hiroshi Tachikawa
  • Profile picture of Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Masafumi Kasai - Owner Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • Profile picture of Miki Yashiro
    Akiko Sôma - Student Miki Yashiro
  • Profile picture of Takuzō Kumagai
    Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited) Takuzō Kumagai

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Keywords

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