Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

Also known as Matango

1963 · Feature film · 79 min · dir. Ishirō Honda

Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?

• Horror
• Science Fiction
• Thriller

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Synopsis

Matango (マタンゴ) is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. Partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night", it centers on a group of castaways on an island who are unwittingly altered by a local species of mutagenic mushrooms.

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Details

Director

Ishirō Honda

Writer

Takeshi Kimura

Composer

Sadao Bekku

Cinematography

Hajime Koizumi

Studio

TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory

Released

1963-08-11

Original title

マタンゴ

Running time

79 minutes

Cast & crew

• Ishirō Honda Director
• Akira Kubo
• Kumi Mizuno
• Hiroshi Koizumi
• Kenji Sahara
• Hiroshi Tachikawa
• Yoshio Tsuchiya
• Miki Yashiro
• Takuzō Kumagai

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