Matango: At a glance
Every row in full, one after another
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Facts
1963 · Horror, Science Fiction · JapaneseStreams in 129 countries
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 66
Letterboxd · 9 K ratings3.4/5
Audience score65%
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 29 min
A typical length for horror movies, −6 min on the typical 95
typical 9589
Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 129 countries
+119Released
1963
August 11, 1963
63 years ago
Genres
HorrorScience FictionThrillerDramaMysteryFantasy
Language
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Content
Disturbing imageryAdults
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
Starring
StarringAkira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi
25 people
Akira KuboKenji Murai - Professor
Kumi MizunoMami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi KoizumiNaoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji SaharaSenzô Koyama - Sailor
Hiroshi TachikawaEtsurô Yoshida - Writer
Yoshio TsuchiyaMasafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki YashiroAkiko Sôma - Student
Hideyo AmamotoTransitional Matango
Takuzō KumagaiDoctor (as Jiro Kumagai)
Akio KusamaPolice Personnel- YOYutaka OkaDoctor
- KYKeisuke YamadaDoctor
- KHKazuo HinataPolice Personnel
Katsumi TezukaPolice Personnel
Haruo NakajimaMatango- TÔTokio ÔkawaMatango
- KUKōji UrukiMatango
- MSMasaki ShinoharaMatango
- KKKuniyoshi KashimaTransitional Matango
- TIToku IharaTransitional Matango
- MHMitsuko HayashiNurse
- TITsurue IchimanjiNurse
- SISaburô IketaniRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- YKYoshio KatsubeNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Made by
Directed by Ishirō Honda, written with Takeshi Kimura, Masami FukushimaHajime Koizumi (camera), Sadao Bekku (music), Reiko Kaneko (editing)·34 people in 11 departments
Directing · 3
- Ishirō Honda Director
- Koji Kajita First Assistant Director
- Kunmei Takahashi Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Takeshi Kimura Screenplay, Adaptation
- Masami Fukushima Story
- Shinichi Hoshi Story
- William Hope Hodgson Short Story
Production · 2
- Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer
- Shigeru Nakamura Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Reiko Kaneko Editor
Sound · 4
- Sadao Bekku Original Music Composer
- Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer
- Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist
- Minoru Kaneyama Sound Effects
Art · 2
- Shigekazu Ikuno Production Design
- Shigeru Komatsuzaki Concept Artist, Creature Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Eizo Kaimai Costume Design, Modeling
- Teizô Toshimitsu Costume Design, Modeling
- Keizô Murase Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer, Modeling
Visual Effects · 10
- Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
- Sadamasa Arikawa VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
- Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
- Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects
- Kuichiro Kishida VFX Lighting Artist, Gaffer
- Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Lighting · 1
- Seishichi Kojima Lighting Technician
Other crew · 3
- Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant
- Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director
- Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director