Matango

Matango (1963)

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

  • Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1963-08-11
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 98 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Ishirō Honda
star 6.9/10
From 98 Ratings
6.4

Summary

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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  • Akira Kubo

    as Kenji Murai - Professor
  • Kumi Mizuno

    as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
  • Hiroshi Koizumi

    as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
  • Kenji Sahara

    as Senzô Koyama - Sailor
  • Hiroshi Tachikawa

    as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
  • Miki Yashiro

    as Akiko Sôma - Student
  • Takuzō Kumagai

    as Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
  • Yutaka Oka

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Keisuke Yamada

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Akio Kusama

    as Police Personnel (uncredited)
  • Kazuo Higata

    as Police Personnel (uncredited)
  • Katsumi Tezuka

    as Police Personnel (uncredited)
  • Haruo Nakajima

    as Matango
  • Hideyo Amamoto

    as Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
  • Tokio Ôkawa

    as Matango
  • Kōji Uruki

    as Matango
  • Masaki Shinohara

    as Matango
  • Kuniyoshi Kashima

    as Transitional Matango (uncredited)
  • Toku Ihara

    as Transitional Matango (uncredited)
  • Mitsuko Hayashi

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Tsurue Ichimanji

    as Nurse (uncredited)
Directing Ishirō Honda Director
Writing Takeshi Kimura Screenplay
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Shigeru Komatsuzaki Costume Design
Crew Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Production Tadashi Koike Production Manager
Crew Keizô Murase Special Effects
Crew Kaimai Eizo Special Effects
Crew Shigeru Nakamura Special Effects Manager
Sound Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist
Crew Akira Watanabe Special Effects
Sound Minoru Kaneyama Sound Effects
Sound Sadao Bekku Original Music Composer
Camera Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Art Shigekazu Ikuno Production Design
Editing Reiko Kaneko Editor
Sound Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer
Production Shigeru Nakamura Production Manager
Lighting Seishichi Kojima Lighting Technician
Crew Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Assistant
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects
Writing William Hope Hodgson Short Story
Writing Takeshi Kimura Adaptation
Writing Shinichi Hoshi Story
Writing Masami Fukushima Story
Directing Koji Kajita First Assistant Director
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer

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