Fancy Paradise

Fancy Paradise (空想天国) 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.

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)