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"Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?"
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...
Starring
Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Year context
Matango was released 63 years ago in 1963.
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...
Matango is a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller film with a runtime of 1h 29m.
CAST (20)
Akira Kubo
Kenji Murai - Professor
Kumi Mizuno
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji Sahara
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
HT
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student
Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
YO
Yutaka Oka
Doctor (uncredited)
KY
Keisuke Yamada
Doctor (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
Police Personnel (uncredited)
KH
Kazuo Higata
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Matango
Hideyo Amamoto
Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa
Matango
KU
Kōji Uruki
Matango
MS
Masaki Shinohara
Matango
KK
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
TI
Toku Ihara
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
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What is Matango about?
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...
How long is Matango?
Matango has a runtime of 89 minutes (1h 29m).
Who stars in Matango?
The cast of Matango includes Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara, Hiroshi Tachikawa.
What is the rating of Matango?
Matango has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 based on 103 votes on TMDB.
GENRES (6)
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Drama
Mystery
Fantasy
