Matango
Matango

マタンゴ
Matango
Also known as | Attack of the Mushroom People |
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story |
Shinichi Hoshi Masami Fukushima William Hope Hodgson |
Screenplay | Takeshi Kimura |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art | Shigekazu Ikuno |
Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi |
Lighting | Shoshichi Kojima |
Music | Sadao Bekku |
Editor | Reiko Kaneko |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | August 11, 1963 |
Runtime | 89 minutes |
![]() マタンゴ Matango |
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story |
Shinichi Hoshi Masami Fukushima William Hope Hodgson |
Screenplay | Takeshi Kimura |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art | Shigekazu Ikuno |
Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi |
Lighting | Shoshichi Kojima |
Music | Sadao Bekku |
Editor | Reiko Kaneko |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Also known as | Attack of the Mushroom People |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | August 11, 1963 |
Runtime | 89 minutes |
A group of wealthy socialites are lost at sea when their yacht is caught in a fierce storm. They happen upon a small island, where another, larger ship has been wrecked. The ship is still well stocked, and there is no sign of the crew. Sakuta, the skipper, attempts to organize the castaways so they can survive, while he repairs the yacht. Kenji, a teacher, and Akiko, one of his students, earnestly try to help, but the remaining castaways hinder their efforts. In particular, Mami, a nightclub singer, foments a love triangle between the wealthy Kasai, the bookish Yoshida, and the rough hired hand Koyama.
There is little food on the island apart from mushrooms, which the castaways initially try to avoid eating. Yoshida, however, begins secretly eating them, and becomes more violent. Sakuta, fearing their chances of survival are slim, steals the remaining provisions and sets sail in the yacht, but the yacht drifts back to the island days later, with Sakuta no where to be found. Yoshida struggles with the remaining castaways, killing Koyama. The castaways exile Yoshida and Mami from the ship.
Mami returns to the ship and lures Kasai away with the promise of food. She leads him to a grotto where the mushrooms grow, and Kasai is accosted by a horde of mushroom men; shipwrecked sailors who have been living off the mushrooms and let the fungus take over their body. The mushroom men attack the ship and abduct Akiko. Kenji pursues them, but is unable to rescue Akiko before she succumbs to the allure of the mushrooms. Kenji escapes in the yacht and returns to Japan, where he is committed to an asylum.
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Top Billed Cast

Kenji Murai

Mami Sekiguchi

Naoyuki Sakuta

Senzo Koyama

Etsuro Yoshida

Masafumi Kasai

Akiko Soma

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製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
原案 Story |
星新一 Shinichi Hoshi |
福島正実 Masami Fukushima |
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ウイリアム・ホープ・ホジスン『闇の声』より From William Hope Hodgson’s “The Voice in the Night” |
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脚本 Screenplay |
木村武 Takeshi Kimura |
撮影 Photography |
小泉一 Hajime Koizumi |
美術 Art |
育野重一 Shigekazu Ikuno |
録音 Sound |
矢野口文雄 Fumio Yanoguchi |
照明 Lighting |
小島正七 Shoshichi Kojima |
音楽 Music |
別宮貞雄 Sadao Bekku |
整音 Dubbing |
下永尚 Hisashi Shimonaga |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
梶田興治 Koji Kajita |
編集 Editor |
兼子玲子 Reiko Kaneko |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
金山実 Minoru Kanayama |
現像 Developing |
東京現像所 Tokyo Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
中村茂 Shigeru Nakamura |
特殊技術 Special Effects |
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撮影 Photography |
有川貞昌 Sadamasa Arikawa |
富岡素敬 Motoyoshi Tomioka |
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光学撮影 Optical Photography |
真野田幸雄 Yukio Manoda |
徳政義行 Yoshiyuki Tokumasa |
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美術 Art |
渡辺明 Akira Watanabe |
照明 Lighting |
岸田九一郎 Kuichiro Kishida |
合成 Synthesis |
向山宏 Hiroshi Mukoyama |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
中野昭慶 Teruyoshi Nakano |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
小池忠司 Tadashi Koike |
出演者 Performers |
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久保明 Akira Kubo |
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水野久美 Kumi Mizuno |
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小泉博 Hiroshi Koizumi |
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佐原健二 Kenji Sahara |
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太刀川寛 Hiroshi Tachikawa |
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土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya |
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八代美紀 Miki Yashiro |
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天本英世 Hideyo Amamoto |
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熊谷二良 Jiro Kumagai |
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草間璋夫 Akio Kusama |
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岡豊 Yutaka Oka |
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山田圭介 Keisuke Yamada |
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日方一夫 Kazuo Hinata |
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手塚勝巳 Katsumi Tezuka |
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中島春雄 Haruo Nakajima |
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大川時生 Tokio Okawa |
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宇留木耕嗣 Koji Uruki |
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篠原正記 Masaki Shinohara |
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鹿島邦義 Kuroyoshi Kashima |
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伊原徳 Toku Ihara |
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林光子 Mitsuko Hayashi |
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一万慈鶴恵 Tazue Ichimanji |
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特技監督 Special Effects Director |
円谷英二 Eiji Tsuburaya |
監督 Director |
本多猪四郎 Ishiro Honda |