Country
Japan
Date
Aug 11, 1963
Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?
1h 29min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Genres
HorrorScience FictionThrillerDramaMysteryFantasy
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | マタンゴ |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Data di uscita | 11 agosto 1963 |
| Exec. Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Hoshi, Masami Fukushima, William Hope Hodgson |
| Editors | Reiko Kaneko |
| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
| Asst. Directors | Koji Kajita, Ishirō Honda |
| Lighting | Seishichi Kojima |
| Camera Operators | Hajime Koizumi |
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| Add. Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
| Production Design | Shigekazu Ikuno |
| Art Direction | Shigekazu Ikuno |
| Set Decoration | Shigekazu Ikuno |
| Special Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Akira Watanabe, Kaimai Eizo, Keizô Murase |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya |
| Composer | Sadao Bekku, Fumio Yanoguchi, Minoru Kaneyama, Hisashi Shimonaga |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi, Minoru Kaneyama, Sadao Bekku, Hisashi Shimonaga |
| Costume Design | Shigeru Komatsuzaki |
| Makeup | Shigeru Komatsuzaki |
| Hairstyling | Shigeru Komatsuzaki |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Italy
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Physical media
Country
United States
Date
Mar 15, 2005
Note
DVD release of Japanese version from Media Blasters
TV
Country
United States
Date
Jan 01, 1965
Note
Straight-to-TV release from American International Television. Exact date unknown.
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