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Unlucky Monkey(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-07-18
67%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 46m
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?
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Suplex
Movie: Unlucky Monkey
Top 10 Billed Cast
堤真一
Yamazaki
清水宏
山本亨
Matsui
鈴木 弘一
Kaneda
吉野公佳
Miki Yoshida
寺島進
Yakuza
六平直政
Angry Citizen
根岸季衣
Angry Citizen
堀部圭亮
ダイアモンド☆ユカイ
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UNLUCKY MONKEY (1998) Japanese trailer for this dark comedy by Hiroyuki "Sabu" Tanaka - Trailer
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