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Matango (1963)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction | Horror

Most recently watched by philipjablon, sleestakk

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…

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Akira Kubo | Kumi Mizuno | Hiroshi Koizumi | Kenji Sahara | Hiroshi Tachikawa | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Miki Yashiro | Takuzô Kumagai | Yutaka Oka | Keisuke Yamada | Akio Kusama | Kazuo Higata | Katsumi Tezuka | Haruo Nakajima | Hideyo Amamoto | Tokio Ôkawa | Kôji Uruki | Masaki Shinohara | Kuniyoshi Kashima | Toku Ihara | Mitsuko Hayashi | Tsurue Ichimanji

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/11/2006TVDVDRented8 stars
02/06/2006TVDVDRented8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Gavin’s first viewing of one of his favorite Japanese sci-fi/horror films from an early age.

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