For the town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, see Matango, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Matango
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by
Takeshi Kimura
Story by
Shinichi Hoshi Masami Fukushima[1]
Based on
"The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson
Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring
Akira Kubo
Kumi Mizuno
Kenji Sahara
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Cinematography
Hajime Koizumi
Edited by
Reiko Kaneko[2]
Music by
Sadao Bekku
Production company
Toho Co., Ltd[2]
Distributed by
Toho[2]
Release date
August 11, 1963 (1963-08-11) (Japan)
Running time
89 minutes[2]
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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. It is partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night" and is about a group of castaways on an island who are unwittingly altered by a local species of mutagenic mushrooms.
Matango was different from Honda's other films of the period as it explored darker themes and featured a more desolate look. Upon the film's release in Japan, it was nearly banned due to scenes that depicted characters resembling victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film was released directly to television in the United States in a shortened form. Retrospective reviews generally commented on how the film varied from Honda's other work, with its darker tone.
^Galbraith IV 2008, p. 203.
^ abcd"マタンゴ". Toho (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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