

Matango(1963)
"Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?"
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 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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Akira Kubo
Kenji Murai - Professor

Kumi Mizuno
Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

Hiroshi Koizumi
Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Kenji Sahara
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Etsurô Yoshida - Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masafumi Kasai - Owner

Miki Yashiro
Akiko Sôma - Student

Takuzō Kumagai
Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
Doctor (uncredited)
Keisuke Yamada
Doctor (uncredited)

Akio Kusama
Police Personnel (uncredited)
Kazuo Higata
Police Personnel (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka
Police Personnel (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
Matango

Hideyo Amamoto
Skulking Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa
Matango
Kōji Uruki
Matango
Masaki Shinohara
Matango
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Toku Ihara
Transitional Matango (uncredited)
Mitsuko Hayashi
Nurse (uncredited)
Tsurue Ichimanji
Nurse (uncredited)
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