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Uncle's Paradise

2006 · 50 min Fantasy Drama Comedy
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

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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Original Title おじさん天国
Year 2006
Country Japan
Genre Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Director Shinji Imaoka
Runtime 50 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (11 votes)

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The film constructs a bizarre universe where mundane reality collides with folkloric phantasmagoria, using situational comedy to explore family bonds and Japanese superstitions.

What lingers after the credits is the eccentric journey from a fishing boat to the bureaucratic offices of hell, where even saving a soul feels like absurd paperwork. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Shinji Imaoka

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