Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People) 1963 Ages 15+

Production still from Matango 1963 / Dir: Ishirō Honda / Image courtesy: Toho International

Production still from Matango 1963 / Dir: Ishirō Honda / Image courtesy: Toho International / View full image

When

6.00 pm, Fri 27 Mar 2026 (89 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

Admission

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About

Shipwreck survivors find themselves on a deserted island inhabited by malevolent mushrooms. A camp 1960s Japanese thriller by Godzilla director Ishirô Honda made 11 years after his iconic kaiju (monster) film. Known both by its Japanese name Matango and the US-release English title Attack of the Mushroom People, the film is replete with hallucinatory sequences, complex relationship dynamics and mushroom monster costumes.

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Director: Ishirō Honda
  • Script: Takeshi Kimura
  • Based on: the short story 'The Voice in the Night' by William Hope Hodgson
  • Cinematographer: Hajime Koizumi
  • Editor: Reiko Kaneko
  • Cast: Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara
  • Print Source: National Film Archive of Japan, Tokyo
  • Rights: Toho International
  • Year: 1963
  • Runtime: 89 minutes
  • Country: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: 35mm