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Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
Takuzô Kumagai
- Doctor
- (as Jirô Kumagai)
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- TriviaThe film was nearly banned in Japan due to the fact that the makeup that some of the characters wore as they were turning into humanoid mushroom creatures was very reminiscent of how many Japanese people looked after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- GoofsWhen Kasai shoots at Yoshida and Mami as he chases them off the boat, you can see the bullets ricochet off the ground before he even fires a shot.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits of the Japanese version are on animated sailboat sails.
- ConnectionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
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Dark, powerful, yes, and unforgettable.
This is one of only two movies that have ever given me nightmares and for some time at that. I wasn't really small, either. The original story by Hodgson is admittedly simple, but it is very powerful. The concept, original as far as I know, of people becoming the fungi they eat is disgustingly powerful. As a side remark, I was told at the time of its showing here that the Japanese adaptation for the movie was meant to be a symbolic warning against the use of drugs. (Mushrooms, ho hum.) If so, I'd rather not believe it, since it trivializes the movie.
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- tonyglad
- Dec 10, 1998
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- Attack of the Mushroom People
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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