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Uncle's Paradise
First aired on Sep 18, 2006
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Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Minami Aoyama | Rika Kamiyama
Mutsuo Yoshioka | Haruo Maekawa
Shirō Shimomoto | Takeshi Takayama
Masataka Matsubara | Kouichi Iwata
Rinako Hirasawa | Woman in Uncle Takashi's dream
Harumi Ogawa | Kyōko Oda
Featured Crew
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Shinji Imaoka | Director
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Fumio Moriya | Writer
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Fumio Moriya | Music
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Daisuke Asakura | Producer
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Shōji Sakai | Editor
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Kazuhiro Suzuki | Director of Photography