Uncle's Paradise

1h 4min

Fantasy

Drama

Comedy

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.

Cast

Minami Aoyama

Minami Aoyama

Rika Kamiyama
Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Haruo Maekawa
Shirō Shimomoto

Shirō Shimomoto

Takeshi Takayama
Masataka Matsubara

Masataka Matsubara

Kouichi Iwata
Rinako Hirasawa

Rinako Hirasawa

Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream
Harumi Ogawa

Harumi Ogawa

Kyōko Oda
Mari Yamaguchi

Mari Yamaguchi

Woman in Hell
Akira Sawada

Akira Sawada

Woman in Hell
Hiroshi Sato

Hiroshi Sato

Woman in Hell
Takeshi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Enma, King of Hell

Release date

18th Sep 2006

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語