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Matango
Matango

Matango

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

11 August 1963

Country

Japan

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)

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