Matango
“Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 51, rated by 1 admin.
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Shipwreck survivors reach an island where the mushrooms look like a solution and are very much a problem. This is unsettling fungal horror with a pulpy premise, not a cheerful monster comedy. The argument over supplies turns the eventual transformations into a suitably nasty destination.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 7/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 4.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“The island buffet has a permanent membership scheme.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 51
Synopsis and movie facts
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...
- Released
- 1963
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Running time
- 89 min
- Original title
- マタンゴ
Starring
- Akira Kubo as Kenji Murai - Professor
- Kumi Mizuno as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
- Kenji Sahara as Senzô Koyama - Sailor
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
- Miki Yashiro as Akiko Sôma - Student
- Hideyo Amamoto as Transitional Matango
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Matango (1963), directed by Ishirō Honda. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The review describes the ration disputes, social breakdown and mushroom transformations; its grim tone limits suitability for a light party. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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