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Matango (1963)

Matango (1963)

Science Fiction Drama Fantasy Thriller Horror Mystery

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

Release Date: 1963, August 11
Directors: Ishirō Honda
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory
Cast: Yoshio Tsuchiya, Hideo Shibuya, Akio Kusama, Haruo Nakajima, Toku Ihara, Tsurue Ichimanji, Takuzō Kumagai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara, Katsumi Tezuka, Saburô Iketani, Hiroshi Tachikawa

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...

Keywords:

disfigurement monster mushroom island psychiatric ward greed shipwrecked mushrooms lost island fungus people