Matango

"Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?"

Aug 11 1963 Unrated 1h 29m
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

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...

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Plot

A group of pleasure-seeking young people are stranded on a mysterious island when their boat crashes. One by one they succumb to the lure of the deadly mushrooms.

Written by

Takeshi Kimura, Shin'ichi Hoshi, Masami Fukushima

Directed by

Ishirô Honda

Cast

Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Toho

Languages

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Matango - Japanese Theatrical Trailer (1080p)
Matango (1963) trailer
Attack of the Mushroom People Official Trailer
Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People) Toho 1963 Trailer
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