Uncle's Paradise

4.8

/10

1h 4mComedy Drama Fantasy

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.

Spoken language: ja

Starring Minami Aoyama, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Shirō Shimomoto, Masataka Matsubara, Rinako Hirasawa, Harumi Ogawa, Daisuke Iijima, Mari Yamaguchi, Akira Sawada, Hiroshi Sato

Watch "Uncle's Paradise" from streaming services Plex Free, Pantaflix, Tubi TV released in 2006. It's a comedy and drama movie, and has a rating of 4.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is fairly low for this kind of movie.