Matango

Matango

1963 · 89 min · JA · 6.7 (107 votes)
Dir. Ishirō Honda · Starring Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya · Music Sadao Bekku

“Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?”

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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...

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A creeping dread permeates this tale of shipwrecked survivors. As desperation mounts, a grotesque transformation takes hold, fueled by isolation and a terrifying fungal bloom. It's a claustrophobic descent into madness and physical decay.

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