Matango (1963)
Matango (1963)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
Doctor (uncredited)
Keisuke Yamada
Doctor (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Kazuo Higata
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Matango
Hideyo Amamoto
Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa
Matango
Kōji Uruki
Matango
Masaki Shinohara
Matango
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Toku Ihara
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Mitsuko Hayashi
Nurse (uncredited)
Tsurue Ichimanji
Nurse (uncredited)
Ishirō Honda
Director
Shinichi Hoshi
Adaptation
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Masami Fukushima
Adaptation
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects Supervisor / Special Effects / Visual Effects
Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Costume Design
Tadashi Koike
Production Manager
Keizô Murase
Special Effects
Kaimai Eizo
Special Effects
Shigeru Nakamura
Special Effects Manager / Production Manager
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
Minoru Kaneyama
Sound Effects
Sadao Bekku
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Shigekazu Ikuno
Production Design / Art Direction
Koji Kajita
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 1963
Original Nameマタンゴ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Matango (マタンゴ) is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. Partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night", it centers on a group of castaways on an island who are unwittingly altered by a local species of mutagenic mushrooms.
Matango was different from Honda's other films of the period as it explored darker themes and featured a more desolate look. Upon the film's release in Japan, it was nearly banned due to scenes that depicted characters resembling victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film was released directly to television in the United States in a shortened form. Retrospective reviews generally commented on how the film varied from Honda's other work, with its darker tone.