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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?
6.7
Score
16 votes
“He got away with the cash. they got away with murder. but none of them had much luck.”
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UNLUCKY MONKEY (1998) Japanese trailer for this dark comedy by Hiroyuki "Sabu" Tanaka
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Further watching
- Jul 18, 1998
- 1h 46m
- Japanese
- SABU
- SABU
- Released
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