feeldb

Matango

1963 · 89 min · Director: Ishirô Honda ★ IMDb 6.4 · 4,050 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

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...

Ask Kadri

Trailer for Matango

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Matango (1963) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Anxiety 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Disturbing. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Anxiety and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity48 %33 %27 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension50 %43 %13 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension61 %60 %8 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension60 %57 %10 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity50 %42 %13 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity51 %40 %26 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity54 %43 %39 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity49 %41 %35 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity49 %45 %35 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity59 %59 %41 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension68 %70 %44 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension65 %68 %43 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension60 %63 %41 %20 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension65 %66 %50 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension72 %72 %59 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Tension77 %75 %66 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Disturbing79 %71 %70 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Sadness77 %69 %63 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Sadness81 %68 %65 %74 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Sadness87 %62 %75 %80 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Matango. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Matango — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

KM
Kumi Mizuno

Mami Sekiguchi - Singer

HK
Hiroshi Koizumi

HK
Hiroshi Koizumi

Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Masafumi Kasai - Owner

MY
Miki Yashiro

TK
Takuzō Kumagai

HA
Hideyo Amamoto

Transitional Matango

YO
Yutaka Oka

TK
Takuzō Kumagai

Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)

KY
Keisuke Yamada

AK
Akio Kusama

Police Personnel

YO
Yutaka Oka

Doctor

KH
Kazuo Hinata

Police Personnel

KT
Katsumi Tezuka

Police Personnel

HN
Haruo Nakajima

Matango

TÔ
Tokio Ôkawa

Matango

KU
Kōji Uruki

Matango

MS
Masaki Shinohara

Matango

KK
Kuniyoshi Kashima

Transitional Matango

TI
Toku Ihara

Transitional Matango

Details

Directed by
Ishirô Honda
Written by
Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Hoshi, Masami Fukushima
Type
Movies
Released
1963
Runtime
89 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 4,050 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
Data updated

Where to watch

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.