Matango
6.4
“Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?”
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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Cast
25 people
Akira Kubo
Kenji Murai - Professor
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
Throne of Blood
Kumi Mizuno
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Hiroshi Koizumi
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Mothra
Kenji Sahara
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Known for
All Monsters Attack
Rodan
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Known for
Seven Samurai
Funeral Parade of Roses
Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student
Also in
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Hideyo Amamoto
Transitional Matango
Known for
Kamen Rider
All Monsters Attack
Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)
Known for
Battle in Outer Space
Akio Kusama
Police Personnel
Also in
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Yutaka Oka
Doctor
Also in
Invasion of Astro-Monster
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Keisuke Yamada
Doctor
Also in
Varan
Battle in Outer Space
Ishirō Honda Director · Takeshi Kimura Screenplay Masami Fukushima Story
Director
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Takeshi Kimura
Story
Masami Fukushima
Story
Shinichi Hoshi
Author
William Hope Hodgson
Composer
Sadao Bekku
Cinematographer
Hajime Koizumi
Editor
Reiko Kaneko
Production designer
Shigekazu Ikuno
Costume designer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume designer
Keizô Murase
Costume designer
Eizo Kaimai
United States release March 15, 2005 · Produced in Japan · Production Tokyo Laboratory
Production
TOHO
Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
マタンゴ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 11, 1963
Theatrical
United States · March 15, 2005
Physical · Japanese · DVD release of Japanese version from Media Blasters
United States
January 1, 1965 · TV · English · Straight-to-TV release from American International Television. Exact date unknown.
Italy
November 1, 1973 · Theatrical
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