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Matango(1963)
Status: Released
Date: 1963-08-11
67%
103 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?
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...
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Matango
Top 10 Billed Cast
久保明
Kenji Murai - Professor
水野久美
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
小泉博
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
佐原健二
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
太刀川寛
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
土屋嘉男
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student
熊谷卓三
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Video Trailer Matango
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"The Voice in the Night" vintage weird horror narrated by Edward E.French
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Bad Movie Review: Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People - Featurette
Quentin Tarantino on Attack of the Mushroom People - Featurette
The Voice in the Night Part 2 as told by Edward E. French - Featurette
Voice in the Night - Suspicion. - Featurette
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