Matango (マタンゴ) 60 years old

Matango

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...

Credits

Matango Cast

Name Character
Hideyo Amamoto He was 37, 77 years old when he died as Skulking Transitional Matango
Yoshio Tsuchiya He was 36, 89 years old when he died as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Kumi Mizuno She was 26, now 87 years old as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi He was 36, 88 years old when he died as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Akira Kubo He was 26, now 87 years old as Kenji Murai - Professor
Kenji Sahara He was 31, now 91 years old as Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Takuzô Kumagai as Doctor (as Jirô Kumagai)
Hiroshi Tachikawa He was 32, now 93 years old as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Haruo Nakajima He was 34, 88 years old when he died as Matango
Kazuo Higata as Police Personnel

Matango Crew

Name Department
Eiji Tsuburaya as Special Effects Supervisor. He was 62 (68) years old when He died Visual Effects
Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 53 (86) years old when He died Production
Hajime Koizumi as Director of Photography. He was 37 (now 97) years old Camera
Takeshi Kimura as Screenplay. He was 52 (76) years old when He died Writing
Shigekazu Ikuno as Production Design. He was 38 (78) years old when He died Art
Ishirō Honda as Director. He was 52 (81) years old when He died Directing
Masami Fukushima as Adaptation. He was 34 (47) years old when He died Writing
Matango poster
Matango (60 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, August 11, 1963
  • Runtime: 89 minutes