Matango
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...
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
6.7/10
104 votes
Rating consensus
67/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~67/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
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)
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Matango (1963)
Ishirō Honda
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