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Matango

1963·89 min

Matango

Directed by Ishirō Honda

HorrorScience FictionThrillerDramaMysteryFantasy

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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Kenji Murai - Professor

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Hiroshi Koizumi

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Senzô Koyama - Sailor

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Hiroshi Tachikawa

Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Akiko Sôma - Student

Takuzō Kumagai

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What is Matango about?

Matango (1963) is about 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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Ishirō Honda directed Matango (1963).

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