Fancy Paradise
Fancy Paradise | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | |
Produced by | |
Cinematography | |
Music by | |
Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Fancy Paradise (空想天国, Kūsō tengoku) is a 1968 Japanese comic science fiction film directed by from a screenplay by . It is about a cult around an anthropomorphic frog called Gamara (), probably named in parody of Daiei Motion Picture Company's semi-anthropomorphic turtle, Gamera.
The film also stars Akira Takarada, , Kei Tani, Akihiko Hirata, Yû Fujiki, and , with a cameo by Jun Tazaki.
Plot[]
A timid office worker Keitarô Tamaru loves studying fantasy and myths. Even if Tamaru make an outstanding performance in his fantasy and connect with a wonderful woman, in reality he will only fail. As a result, he was finally downgraded from his employee job and decided to signed up as a security guard. One night, Tamaru and Chief Guard Yamamura were attacked by a mysterious group that has invaded the company, and Yamamura is seriously injured and hospitalized. However, Tamaru meet a wonderful woman who always appears in his fantasy dream. Her name was Hiroko Yamamura, the daughter of Yamamura. Tamaru rejoices, but after a short while, he is suspected by the police to be a member of a group that has invaded the company and is arrested. Tamaru escapes from the detention center and stands up to save Hiroko, who was kidnapped by the group.
Cast[]
- Kei Tani as Keitarō Tamaru / Voice of Gamara
- as Hiroko Yamamura
- Akira Takarada as Takashi Maeno
- Hajime Hana as Detective A
- as Detective B
- as Gamara (stunt performer)
- as Kondô's Secretary Michiko Akiyama
- as Hisako Tamaru (Mother of Keitarō)
- Makoto Fujita as Sansui Construction Company's President
- Takuya Fujioka as Design Director Kondô
- Yû Fujiki as Kuroda
- , , as Kuroda's subordinates
- Akihiko Hirata as Industrial espionage boss
- , , as Industrial spies
- as Chief Guard Yamamura (Father of Hiroko)
- Masao Komatsu as Jailer
- as Policeman
- as Kendo Hall Man
- as Marathon player
- as Western Clothes Store clerk
- , , as Geishas
- as Driver
- as Hospital nurse
- as Thieves
- as Radio announcer on the radio (non-credited)
- as Woman at the store (non-credited)
- , , , as Soccer field spectators (non-credited)
External links[]
- 1968 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- 1960s science fiction films
- 1960s fantasy films
- 1960s Japanese film stubs
- Science fiction film stubs