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Matango
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Title: Matango

Release Date: 11 Aug 1963

Runtime: 1h 29m

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Director: TOHO

Production Companies: TOHO

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...

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (98 votes)

Cast

  • Kenji Murai - Professor: Akira Kubo
  • Mami Sekiguchi - Singer: Kumi Mizuno
  • Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper: Hiroshi Koizumi
  • Senzô Koyama - Sailor: Kenji Sahara
  • Etsurô Yoshida - Writer: Hiroshi Tachikawa
  • Masafumi Kasai - Owner: Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • Akiko Sôma - Student: Miki Yashiro
  • Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited): Takuzō Kumagai
  • Doctor (uncredited): Yutaka Oka
  • Doctor (uncredited): Keisuke Yamada
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