Unlucky Monkey
He got away with the cash. they got away with murder. but none of them had much luck.
6.7
16 votes
July 18, 1998
1h 46m
Comedy
Crime
Drama
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?
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Cast
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Yamazaki
Hiroshi Shimizu
Akira Yamamoto
Matsui
Ikko Suzuki
Kaneda
Kimika Yoshino
Miki Yoshida
Susumu Terajima
Yakuza
Naomasa Musaka
Angry Citizen
Toshie Negishi
Angry Citizen
Keisuke Horibe
Diamond Yukai
SABU
Bank Robber
Tomorowo Taguchi
Miyata
Ren Osugi
Tachibana
Yoji Tanaka
Citizen Convention Member
Kanji Tsuda
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