Matango : : Attack of the Mushroom People
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From the story Voice in the night by William Hope Hodgson.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
Special features: commentary by lead actor Akira Kubo; interview with SFX cinematographer Teruyoshi Nakano; spoken word from writer Masami Fukushima ; original trailer.
Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kenji Sahara, HIroshi Tachikawa, Miki Yashiro.
"After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers ... take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using ... mushrooms for sustenance, they find the ship's 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."
DVD, region 1, NTSC; 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 (English), mono (Japanese).
Contents: Voice in the night.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Japanese with optional dubbed English dialogue and optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tokyo Shock, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1586556193
9781586556198
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993,
Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997,
Kimura, Takeshi, 1912-1988,
Hoshi, Shin'ichi, 1926-1997,
Fukushima, Masami, 1929-1976,
Kubo, Akira,
Mizuno, Kumi, 1937-
Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927-2017,
Sahara, Kenji, 1932-
Tachikawa, Hiroshi, 1931-
Yashiro, Miki,
Koizumi, Hajime, 1941-
Bekku, Sadao, 1922-2012,
Hodgson, William Hope, 1877-1918.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha,
Tokyo Shock (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
Castaways -- Drama.
Islands -- Drama.
Mushrooms, Poisonous -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
Monster films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.