Uncle's Paradise

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

Cast

Minami Aoyama

Rika Kamiyama

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Haruo Maekawa

Shirō Shimomoto

Takeshi Takayama

M

Masataka Matsubara

Kouichi Iwata

Rinako Hirasawa

Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream

H

Harumi Ogawa

Kyōko Oda

Daisuke Iijima

Maruyama

Mari Yamaguchi

Woman in Hell