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Uncle's Paradise (2006)

5 | Sep 18, 2006 (JP) | Fantasy, Drama, Comedy | 00:50

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.

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Minami Aoyama
Rika Kamiyama
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Mutsuo Yoshioka
Haruo Maekawa
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Shirō Shimomoto
Takeshi Takayama
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Masataka Matsubara
Kouichi Iwata
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Rinako Hirasawa
Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream
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Harumi Ogawa
Kyōko Oda
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Daisuke Iijima
Maruyama
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Mari Yamaguchi
Woman in Hell
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Akira Sawada
Woman in Hell
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Hiroshi Sato
Woman in Hell