Ojisan tengoku

Sep 18 2006 Not Rated 1h 4m
Comedy, 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 Shinto 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.

Plot

Uncle's Paradise is a wild, campy and comedic adventure - Giant squids. Killer spiders. Penis-biting snakes. Hell has never looked more like a cheap motel. Starring Shiro Shimomoto (who plays "The Hunter" in S&M Hunter) , sexy Japanese porn starlet Minami Aoyama, Rinako Hirasawa (New Tokyo Decadence) and Yumeka Sasaki as "The Ghost". The Japan Times very aptly describes the film as "A surreallistic comedy about the trials of a pep-tonic addicted middle aged man and his squid-fishing nephew, climaxing in a descent into love-hotel hell with Satan as the desk clerk." Uncle Takashi (Shiro Shimomoto) suddenly shows up to visit his nephew Harou, who lives a simple life in a small fishing village. Takashi is an eccentric character with a big problem: when he's asleep, he has nightmares from hell, but when he's awake he's extremely horny - Needless to say, his visit to the small community ruffles some feathers amongst the local women. This unique yet extremely bizarre plot setup allows for many comedic and erotic situations. Sprinkle in some off-the-wall nightmare scenes, and you have possibly one of the best Pink Films ever made.

Written by

Fumio Moriya

Directed by

Shinji Imaoka

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Kokuei Company

Languages

Awards

4 wins

Scores
# of Votes
172
Average Rating
4.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA