Matango
マタンゴ
Release: 1963-08-11
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 6.8
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 Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory
Cast
Akira Kubo
as Kenji Murai - Professor
Kumi Mizuno
as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji Sahara
as Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki Yashiro
as Akiko Sôma - Student
Takuzō Kumagai
as Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
as Police Personnel (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
as Police Personnel (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
as Matango
Hideyo Amamoto
as Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects Supervisor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Keizô Murase
Special Effects
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
Sadao Bekku
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Assistant
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Takeshi Kimura
Adaptation
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer