Matango
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Matango is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda, known for its eerie tale of shipwrecked survivors who encounter sinister, mind-altering mushrooms on a deserted island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matango canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16546893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matango Context triple: [Ishirō Honda, notableWork, Matango]
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A.
Matigari
Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
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B.
Mungiki
Mungiki is an alternative name for Bellona Island, a small inhabited island in the Solomon Islands known for its raised coral limestone formation and Polynesian culture.
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C.
Morungaba
Morungaba is a small municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for its rural landscapes and integration into the economically significant Campinas metropolitan area.
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D.
Demon of Tosa
Demon of Tosa is the fearsome nickname of Chōsokabe Motochika, a powerful Sengoku-period daimyō who unified Tosa Province in Shikoku, Japan.
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E.
Muchita
Muchita is a surname, notably borne by individuals such as the artist known as Havoc.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matango Target entity description: Matango is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda, known for its eerie tale of shipwrecked survivors who encounter sinister, mind-altering mushrooms on a deserted island.
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A.
Matigari
Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
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B.
Mungiki
Mungiki is an alternative name for Bellona Island, a small inhabited island in the Solomon Islands known for its raised coral limestone formation and Polynesian culture.
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C.
Morungaba
Morungaba is a small municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for its rural landscapes and integration into the economically significant Campinas metropolitan area.
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D.
Demon of Tosa
Demon of Tosa is the fearsome nickname of Chōsokabe Motochika, a powerful Sengoku-period daimyō who unified Tosa Province in Shikoku, Japan.
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E.
Muchita
Muchita is a surname, notably borne by individuals such as the artist known as Havoc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.