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Unlucky Monkey (1998)

Directed by SABU

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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?

Length 106 minutes

Actors

Shinichi Tsutsumi | Hiroshi Shimizu | Akira Yamamoto | Ikko Suzuki | Kimika Yoshino | Susumu Terajima | Naomasa Musaka | Toshie Negishi | Keisuke Horibe | Diamond Yukai | SABU | Tomorowo Taguchi | Ren Osugi | Yoji Tanaka | Kanji Tsuda | Akaji Maro | Denden | Shiro Takehatsu | Masashi Arifuku | Teruko Hanahara | Tōru Nakane | Kiyoshi Hatae | Seitaro Fujii | Takehiko Tsuno | Naoyasu Achi | Jun Wakabayashi | Yoshinori Takeshita | Yutaka Mishima | Setchin Kawaya | Keiko Shinohe | Yumiko Imada | Akihiro Morino | Kôjun Itô