May

Uncle’s Paradise (Japan) 2006

Japandown

Movie

Aka : Mighty Extreme Woman, Ojisan tengoku
Year : 2006
Runtime : 64 min.
Country : Japan
Language : Japanese
Subtitles : English
Genre : Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Cat III
Director : Shinji Imaoka
Cast : Shirô Shimomoto, Minami Aoyama and Mutsuo Yoshioka

Plot/Synopsis :

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 Shint? 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