Uncle's Paradise

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Minami Aoyama

Rika Kamiyama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Haruo Maekawa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Shirō Shimomoto

Takeshi Takayama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Masataka Matsubara

Kouichi Iwata

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Rinako Hirasawa

Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream

Age : N/A | Popularity : 51%

Harumi Ogawa

Kyōko Oda

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Daisuke Iijima

Maruyama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Mari Yamaguchi

Woman in Hell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 19%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Daisuke Asakura
Writing	Writer	Fumio Moriya
Sound	Music	Fumio Moriya
Directing	Director	Shinji Imaoka
Editing	Editor	Shōji Sakai
Camera	Director of Photography	Kazuhiro Suzuki
Department	Role	Name

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