Japan Synopsis
マタンゴ
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…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Matango. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Horror + Science Fiction in Japan
93 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Matango itself).
The 1962–1964 Japan Window
Matango holds position #28 of 58 Japan films in the 1962–1964 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Matango premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Japan films in 1963.
The 180th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
87 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Matango, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- psychiatric ward · 2
- disfigurement · 2
- lost island · 2
- mushroom · 1
- yacht · 1
- shipwrecked · 1
- mushrooms · 1
- fungus people · 1
- greed · 12
- monster · 91
- island · 41
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,515 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #69 of 391 (top 18%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | August 11, 1963 |
| IMDb | tt0057295 |