From the director of Godzilla and frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, comes this breakthrough B-movie that utilizes some of the most richly imaginative settings and special effects. The film parallels detachment of humans to nature

Synopsis

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… (IMDb)

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (Ishiro Honda, 1963)