Uncle's Paradise

Uncle's Paradise

2006
50m
4.6

4.6/10

11 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kokuei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title おじさん天国
Release Date September 18, 2006
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1090246

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

Daisuke Iijima
Daisuke Iijima

Maruyama

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

Yumeka Sasaki
Yumeka Sasaki

Angel of Hell with White Face and Third Eye

Key Crew

Keiko Satô
Producer
Shinji Imaoka
Director
Fumio Moriya
Screenplay