Uncle's Paradise

Uncle's Paradise (2006)


  • Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 2006-09-18
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 4min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Kokuei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shinji Imaoka
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Summary

This 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.

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  • Minami Aoyama

    as Rika Kamiyama

  • Mutsuo Yoshioka

    as Haruo Maekawa

  • Shirō Shimomoto

    as Takeshi Takayama

  • Masataka Matsubara

    as Kouichi Iwata

  • Rinako Hirasawa

    as Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream

  • Harumi Ogawa

    as Kyōko Oda

  • Daisuke Iijima

    as Maruyama

  • Mari Yamaguchi

    as Woman in Hell

  • Akira Sawada

    as Woman in Hell

  • Hiroshi Sato

    as Woman in Hell

  • Takeshi Itō

    as Enma, King of Hell
Sound Fumio Moriya Music
Writing Fumio Moriya Writer
Production Daisuke Asakura Producer
Directing Shinji Imaoka Director
Editing Shōji Sakai Editor
Camera Kazuhiro Suzuki Director of Photography

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