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Directed by:
Ishirō HondaCast:
Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Koizumi, 水野久美, Miki YashiroVOD (1)
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After a yacht is damaged in a storm and its boarders stranded on a deserted island the passengers; a psychologist and his girlfriend, a wealthy businessman, a famous singer, a writer, a sailor and his skipper take refuge in a mysterious fungus-covered boat. While using the MUSHROOMS for sustenance they find in the ships journal that the mushrooms are poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters. (official distributor synopsis)
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Attack of the Mushroom People is a film that does not follow the traditional Robinson myth, but it still successfully depicts psychological suffering, paranoia, and the overall difficulty of the situation. This allows the viewer to grasp the challenges of the situation and feel the tension of what might happen next. It's a bit of a departure from classic kaiju films, but certainly not a departure in a negative sense.
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