Matango

1h 29min

Horror

Science Fiction

Thriller

Drama

Mystery

Fantasy

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...

Production Companies

TOHO

Tokyo Laboratory

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)
Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
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)

Release date

11th Aug 1963

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語