Matango
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Matango (1963, Japan) is a Science Fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda.
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Main Details
- Released on August 11, 1963 (Japan)
- Color
- Running Time: 89 Min.
- Production and Distribution Co: Toho Studios
- Directed by Ishirō Honda
- Written by Masami Fukushima, William Hope Hodgson, Shinichi Hoshi, Takeshi Kimura, Sakyo Komatsu
- Starring Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi
- Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Original Music by Sadao Bekku
- Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
- Film Editing by Reiko Kaneko
Plot Summary
- Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
Also Known As
- Attack of the Mushroom People (USA) (TV title)
- Curse of the Mushroom People
- Fungus of Terror
- Matango il mostro (Italy)
- Matango the Fungus of Terror
- Matango: Fungus of Terror