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...

Cast

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  Akira Kubo

  Kenji Murai - Professor

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  Kumi Mizuno

  Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

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  Hiroshi Koizumi

  Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

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  Kenji Sahara

  Senzô Koyama - Sailor

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  Hiroshi Tachikawa

  Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

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  Yoshio Tsuchiya

  Masafumi Kasai - Owner

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  Miki Yashiro

  Akiko Sôma - Student

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  Hideyo Amamoto

  Transitional Matango

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  Takuzō Kumagai

  Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)

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  Akio Kusama

  Police Personnel

• Yutaka Oka

  Doctor

• Keisuke Yamada

  Doctor

Crew

Director

Ishirō Honda

Writer

Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Hoshi, Masami Fukushima

Cinematography

Hajime Koizumi

Music

Sadao Bekku