

Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18 · 106 min · ★ 6.7
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
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- Directors
- Sabu
- Production companies
- Shochiku, Suplex
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shinichi TsutsumiYamazaki
Hiroshi Shimizu
Akira YamamotoMatsui
Ikko SuzukiKaneda
Kimika YoshinoMiki Yoshida
Susumu TerajimaYakuza
Naomasa MusakaAngry Citizen
Toshie NegishiAngry Citizen
Keisuke Horibe
Diamond Yukai
SabuBank Robber
Tomorowo TaguchiMiyata
Ren OsugiTachibana
Yoji TanakaCitizen Convention Member
Kanji Tsuda
Akaji MaroHobo
Denden
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