Matango

Aug 11, 1963

1h 29m

★ 6.9

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...

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Thriller

Drama

Mystery

Fantasy

Production Companies

TOHO

Tokyo Laboratory

Matango Trailers

Cast

Kenji Murai - Professor

Akira Kubo

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Kumi Mizuno

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Hiroshi Koizumi

Senzô Koyama - Sailor

Kenji Sahara

Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Akiko Sôma - Student

Miki Yashiro

Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (uncredited)

Yutaka Oka

Doctor (uncredited)

Keisuke Yamada

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Akio Kusama

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Kazuo Higata

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