Unlucky Monkey

Jul 18, 1998

1h 46m

★ 6.5

He got away with the cash. they got away with murder. but none of them had much luck.

Overview

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?

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Suplex

Unlucky Monkey Trailers

Cast

Yamazaki

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Hiroshi Shimizu

Matsui

Akira Yamamoto

Kaneda

Ikko Suzuki

Miki Yoshida

Kimika Yoshino

Yakuza

Susumu Terajima

Angry Citizen

Naomasa Musaka

Angry Citizen

Toshie Negishi

Keisuke Horibe

Diamond Yukai

Bank Robber

SABU

Miyata

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