Matango , also known as Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People, is a 1963 tokusatsu eiga (Japanese “special effects film”). It was directed by Ishiro Honda, written by Takeshi Kimura based on the story “The Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson (an adaptation credit is given to Masami Fukushima and Shinichi Hoshi, but Kimura threw out most of their contributions), and had special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
The movie has developed something of a cult film audience over the years; partly due to its bleakness and unusual themes, particularly when compared to other Japanese films of the same period.
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Kev,
Very, Very Hokey !! LOL No mushrooms on the ‘ol pizza tonight
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Rich
so strange ! any how it is worth seeing !
mmmmm…… it’s ok if you don’t ming reading the whole movie (subtitles) once was enough for me, I didn’t really get to the mushroom people? Japan is just wired to strange for me to follow their brand of Drama. I got 2/3 through and bailed. it might have some redeming part, but I didn’t see it.