Uncle's Paradise (2006)
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.
Director:
Shinji Imaoka
Writer:
Fumio Moriya
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Minami Aoyama as Rika Kamiyama |
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Mutsuo Yoshioka as Haruo Maekawa |
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Shirō Shimomoto as Takeshi Takayama |
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Masataka Matsubara as Kouichi Iwata |
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Rinako Hirasawa as Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream |
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Harumi Ogawa as Kyōko Oda |
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Daisuke Iijima as Maruyama |
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Mari Yamaguchi as Woman in Hell |
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Akira Sawada as Woman in Hell |
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Hiroshi Sato as Woman in Hell |
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Takeshi Itō as Enma, King of Hell |
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Yumeka Sasaki as Angel of Hell with White Face and Third Eye |
| Directing | Shinji Imaoka | Director |
| Production | Keiko Satô | Producer |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Camera | Kazuhiro Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fumio Moriya | Screenplay |
