Matango (1963)
Matango (1963)
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

Akira Kubo Akira Kubo As: Kenji Murai - Professor
Kumi Mizuno Kumi Mizuno As: Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi Hiroshi Koizumi As: Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji Sahara Kenji Sahara As: Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa As: Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
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Storyline

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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Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 11 August 1963

Country: JP

Runtime: 89m

Company Credits

Company: TOHO

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Cast

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Kenji Murai - Professor

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Senzô Koyama - Sailor

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Miki Yashiro

Miki Yashiro

Akiko Sôma - Student

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)

Yutaka Oka

Yutaka Oka

Doctor (uncredited)

Keisuke Yamada

Keisuke Yamada

Doctor (uncredited)

Akio Kusama

Akio Kusama

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Kazuo Higata

Kazuo Higata

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka

Katsumi Tezuka

Police Personnel (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Matango

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)

Tokio Ôkawa

Tokio Ôkawa

Matango

Kōji Uruki

Kōji Uruki

Matango

Masaki Shinohara

Masaki Shinohara

Matango

Kuniyoshi Kashima

Kuniyoshi Kashima

Transitional Matango (uncredited)

Toku Ihara

Toku Ihara

Transitional Matango (uncredited)

Mitsuko Hayashi

Mitsuko Hayashi

Nurse (uncredited)

Tsurue Ichimanji

Tsurue Ichimanji

Nurse (uncredited)

Directed By

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

Director

Koji Kajita

Koji Kajita

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

Tadashi Koike

Tadashi Koike

Production Manager

Shigeru Nakamura

Shigeru Nakamura

Production Manager

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Shigeru Komatsuzaki

Shigeru Komatsuzaki

Costume Design

Sound

Fumio Yanoguchi

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Minoru Kaneyama

Minoru Kaneyama

Sound Effects

Sadao Bekku

Sadao Bekku

Original Music Composer

Hisashi Shimonaga

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Mixer

Visual Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects Supervisor

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects

Camera

Hajime Koizumi

Hajime Koizumi

Director of Photography

Lighting

Seishichi Kojima

Seishichi Kojima

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Shigekazu Ikuno

Shigekazu Ikuno

Production Design

Shigekazu Ikuno

Shigekazu Ikuno

Art Direction

Other Crew

Shigeru Nakamura

Shigeru Nakamura

Special Effects Manager

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects

Akira Watanabe

Akira Watanabe

Special Effects

Kaimai Eizo

Kaimai Eizo

Special Effects

Keizô Murase

Keizô Murase

Special Effects

Teruyoshi Nakano

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects Assistant

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