Uncle's Paradise
2006 · 64 min
Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
★ 4.6This surrealistic comedy follows the life of Haruo Maekawa, a young man who makes a living catching squid. Haruo is obsessed with catching a legendary giant squid rumored to live in Tokyo Bay. Haruo's uncle Takashi, fallen on hard times, comes to stay with his nephew until he can get back on his feet. Uncle Takashi is addicted to energy drinks, and seduces any woman in sight, including Haruo's girlfriend Rika. While praying at a Shintō shrine, Uncle Takashi is bitten in the scrotum by a poisonous snake and dies. The uncle is destined to spend the afterlife in Hell unless his nephew and girlfriend can rescue him from the King of Hell.
Crew
- Director Shinji Imaoka
- Screenplay Fumio Moriya
- Director of Photography Kazuhiro Suzuki
Cast
Minami Aoyama
Rika Kamiyama
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Haruo Maekawa
Shirō Shimomoto
Takeshi Takayama
- M
Masataka Matsubara
Kouichi Iwata
Rinako Hirasawa
Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream
- H
Harumi Ogawa
Kyōko Oda
Daisuke Iijima
Maruyama
Mari Yamaguchi
Woman in Hell
- A
Akira Sawada
Woman in Hell
- H
Hiroshi Sato
Woman in Hell
Takeshi Itō
Enma, King of Hell
Yumeka Sasaki
Angel of Hell with White Face and Third Eye
Crew
- Director — Shinji Imaoka
- Screenplay — Fumio Moriya
- Director of Photography — Kazuhiro Suzuki
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