Today I check out what may be Ishiro Honda's most Dedicated "Monster" picture since the Original Godzilla. Toho's Matango the story of 7 castaways needing to get back to civilization before they go insane and possibly kill each other.
Sources
- Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Showa Completion (1954-1989)
- Commentary with Akira Kubo (Tokyo Shock DVD)
- Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla
- Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa
- Japanese Special Effects Cinema: Godfathers of Tokusatsu: Vol. 1
- Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda
- SF: The Japanese Science Fiction Film Encyclopedia
- Teruyoshi Nakano Interview (Tokyo Shock DVD)
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