Unlucky Monkey

Unlucky Monkey

106 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | July 18, 1998

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?

Unlucky Monkey

106 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | July 18, 1998

Unlucky Monkey
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?
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Suplex Inc.
Original title アンラッキー・モンキー
Directors Michizô Kitô, SABU
Writers SABU

Cast

Shinichi Tsutsumi

as Yamazaki

Akira Yamamoto

as Matsui

Ikko Suzuki

as Kaneda

Kimika Yoshino

as Miki Yoshida

Susumu Terajima

as Yakuza

Naomasa Musaka

as Angry citizen

Toshie Negishi

as Angry citizen

SABU

as Bank Robber

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Miyata

Ren Osugi

as Tachibana

Yoji Tanaka

as Member of citizen convention

Akaji Maro

as Hobo

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