# Unlucky Monkey (1998)

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**Original title**: *アンラッキー・モンキー*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: SABU
**Written by**: SABU
**Starring**: Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Yamamoto, Ikko Suzuki, Kimika Yoshino, Susumu Terajima

> *He got away with the cash. they got away with murder. but none of them had much luck.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

This film sets out to make a mess of a bank heist. Yamazaki botches a robbery and ends up with 80 million yen. Things only get more complicated from there.

**Mood tags**: playful, raw, unhinged

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