Matango (1963)

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(3542)

Country: Japan
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Release: 1963-08-11
Director: Ishirō Honda
Writers: Takeshi Kimura , Shin’ichi Hoshi , Masami Fukushima , William Hope Hodgson
Language: Japanese
Stars: Akira Kubo , Kumi Mizuno , Hiroshi Koizumi , Kenji Sahara , Hiroshi Tachikawa , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Miki Yashiro , Hideyo Amamoto , Takuzô Kumagai , Akio Kusama
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Matango, a Ilha da Morte (Brazil) , Attack of the Mushroom People (India) , マタンゴ (Japan) , Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (United States of America) , Matango the Fungus of Terror , Matango , Matango , Atak ludzi-grzybów (Poland) , Matango il mostro (Italy) , Нападение людей-грибов , Attack of the Mushroom People (United States of America) , Matango: La maravilla infernal (Peru) , Fungus of Terror , Curse of the Mushroom People , Attack of the Mushroom People (Canada)
Plot:
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…
IMDB:tt0057295