Matango (1963)
Matango (1963)


Plot.
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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.
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