Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People AKA Matango AKA Matango the Fungus of Terror AKA Curse of the Mushroom People (1963)

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People AKA Matango AKA Matango the Fungus of Terror AKA Curse of the Mushroom People (1963)

Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
Director: Ishirô Honda

OVERALL: Draw
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R1 America - Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock
R2 Japan - Toho

R1 America - Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock

Audio commentary by actor Akira Kubo

Interview with chief assistant special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano (27:37)
"Spoken Word from Matango writer Masami Fukushima" featurette (17:43)
Original Japanese trailer (2:18)
Bonus trailers
- "Dogora" (2:10)
- "The Mysterians" (3:21)
- "Varan the Unbelievable" (1:04)
- "Gappa" (3:18)

English (optional)

Picture Format:

Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Extras are in Japanese, with English subtitles.

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R2 Japan - Toho

Audio commentary by actor Akira Kubo, with moderator (in Japanese ONLY)

Interview with chief assistant special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano
"Spoken word from Matango writer Masami Fukushima" -featurette (the author reading from a short story)
Original Japanese trailer

Picture Format:

Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

This disc has no English subtitles.

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OVERALL: Draw

Both are taken from the same master (by Toho), and are almost identical BUT the R1 has English subtitles for the film and for the extras, so it has the edge for the English speaking people. R1 also has an English dub.

This film is also known as:
-Attack of the Mushroom People
-Fungus of Terror
-Matango: Fungus of Terror
CUTS:
- R1 America- Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock - No cuts (89:20 NTSC).
- R2 Japan- Toho - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 22/07/05
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 30/12/18

UPDATE LOG:

09/04/2011: Fixed typo in the director's name and in the Overall.
30/12/18: DVDBeaver.
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