Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People

(Matango)

Synopsis

After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers: a psychologist, his girlfriend, a wealthy businessman, a famous singer, a writer, a sailor and his skipper take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using the MUSHROOMS for sustenance, they find the ships journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters...

A movie directed by Ishirô Honda

1963 - 89 minutes - Color - Mono - 2.55

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Main Cast

  • Kenji Murai - Professor
  • Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
  • Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
  • Senzô Koyama - Sailor
  • Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
  • Masafumi Kasai - Owner
  • Akiko Sôma - Student
  • Skulking Transitional Matango
  • Doctor
  • Police Personnel
  • Doctor
  • Doctor
  • Police Personnel
  • Police Personnel
  • Matango

Production

Distributors

Also Known As

  • Matango: Fungus of Terror (inc)
  • Matango the Fungus of Terror (inc)
  • Fungus of Terror (inc)
  • Curse of the Mushroom People (inc)
  • Нападение людей-грибов (inc)
  • Zombi 14: Mushroom Zombies (inc)
  • Attack of the Mushroom People (us)

Release dates

  • August 11, 1963
  • August 11, 1963
  • September 23, 2015 (Fukuoka International Film Festival)