Matango (1963)

6.7/10 89 min Horror Science Fiction Thriller Drama Mystery Fantasy

Overview

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...

Cast

Akira Kubo

Kenji Murai - Professor

Kumi Mizuno

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Hiroshi Koizumi

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Kenji Sahara

Senzô Koyama - Sailor

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Miki Yashiro

Akiko Sôma - Student

Hideyo Amamoto

Transitional Matango

Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)

Akio Kusama

Police Personnel

Katsumi Tezuka

Police Personnel

Haruo Nakajima

Matango

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