Fancy Paradise

Fancy Paradise (空想天国, Kūsō tengoku) is a 1968 Japanese comic science fiction film directed by Takeshi 'Ken' Matsumori from a screenplay by Yasuo Tanami. It is about a cult around an anthropomorphic frog called Gamara (Hideo Naka), probably named in parody of Daiei Motion Picture Company's semi-anthropomorphic turtle, Gamera.

Fancy Paradise
Directed by	Takeshi 'Ken' Matsumori
Written by	Yasuo Tanami
Produced by	Shin Watanabe
Cinematography	Rokurô Nishigaki
Music by	Hiroaki Hagiwara
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 14, 1968 (1968-08-14)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The film also stars Akira Takarada, Akemi Kita, Kei Tani, Akihiko Hirata, Yû Fujiki, and Wakako Sakai, 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
• Wakako Sakai as Hiroko Yamamura
• Akira Takarada as Takashi Maeno
• Hajime Hana as Detective A
• Senri Sakurai as Detective B
• Hideo Naka as Gamara (stunt performer)
• Akemi Kita as Kondô's Secretary Michiko Akiyama
• Masako Kyozuka as Hisako Tamaru (Mother of Keitarō)
• Makoto Fujita as Sansui Construction Company's President
• Takuya Fujioka as Design Director Kondô
• Yû Fujiki as Kuroda
• Yukihiko Gondo, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroto Kimura as Kuroda's subordinates
• Akihiko Hirata as Industrial espionage boss
• Yasuo Araki, Ken Echigo, Hans Horneff as Industrial spies
• Yutaka Sada as Chief Guard Yamamura (Father of Hiroko)
• Masao Komatsu as Jailer
• Yutaka Nakayama as Policeman
• Hiroshi Sekita as Kendo Hall Man
• Takao Zushi as Marathon player
• Keiji Yanoma as Western Clothes Store clerk
• Keiko Nishioka, Rie Nakagawa, Yoko Yano as Geishas
• Ikio Sawamura as Driver
• Wakako Tanabe as Hospital nurse
• Hideo Naka and Ultra Three as Thieves
• Saburō Iketani as Radio announcer on the radio (non-credited)
• Midori Uchiyama as Woman at the store (non-credited)
• Rinsaku Ogata, Keiichiro Katsumoto, Yoshie Kihira, Akira Kitchoji as Soccer field spectators (non-credited)

External links

• Fancy Paradise at IMDb