Character Relationship Map: Unlucky Monkey

Characters

• Yakuza (played by Susumu Terajima) — supporting
• Hobo (played by Akaji Maro) — minor
• Miyata (played by Tomorowo Taguchi) — minor
• Citizen Convention Member (played by Yoji Tanaka) — minor
• Tachibana (played by Ren Osugi) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Yakuza → Miyata (Professional Group Member) — Miyata is connected to the Yakuza group and becomes associated with its fatal failure.

  The ending identifies Miyata in a telephone message as having 'blown it,' while the surviving men decide to face their enemies as Yakuza.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Miyata → Tachibana (Unknown Possible Involvement) — Miyata is linked to the same chain of concealed crimes and breakdown surrounding Tachibana.

  Tachibana disappears before Miyata is later identified in a telephone message as having 'blown it.' The plot connects both names to the group's concea...

• Yakuza → Citizen Convention Member (Unknown Social Contrast) — Their parallel conflicts contrast civic protest with organized criminal desperation.

  The Citizen Convention Member participates in a public confrontation over pollution, unemployment, social collapse, and corporate greed, while the Yak...

• Yakuza → Hobo (Conflict Suspected Witness) — The group views Hobo as a possible witness and potential threat.

  When a Hobo appears to recognize one of the men, he fears that the Hobo saw the killing and wants the stolen money.

• Yakuza → Tachibana (Unknown Missing Associate) — Tachibana's disappearance destabilizes the criminal group and intensifies its fear of exposure.

  Tachibana disappears, and the men insist that he is dead and buried before trying to continue with their plans.

Story Analysis

A weakened criminal group spirals from reckless ambition into guilt, paranoia, violence, and irreversible exposure.

Plot Progression

1. A Criminal Opportunity — The weakened Yakuza consider a reckless crime and an overseas business proposal. The promised money draws them toward territory controlled by the Mafia.
2. Buried Without Witnesses — Tachibana disappears, and the men insist that he is dead and buried. Their attempt to continue normally exposes the group's growing dependence on denial and concealment.
3. A Society in Protest — Residents confront a company over foul smells and polluted canal water. The dispute expands into a broader protest against corporate greed, unemployment, social collapse, and environmental destruction...
4. Guilt Turns Violent — The criminal group fractures under guilt and paranoia after the hairdresser's death. Fear that Hobo witnessed the crime and wants the money pushes the men toward further violence.
5. No Place To Hide — The survivors argue in a bar and confront the emptiness of their Yakuza image. They choose to face their enemies, but a telephone message naming Miyata leaves the group trapped by betrayal and consequ...