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Uncle's Paradise

Uncle's Paradise

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 2006

Runtime

1h 4m

Genres

Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

User Score

50%

Original Title

おじさん天国

Production Companies

Kokuei Company

Director

Shinji Imaoka

Description

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.