Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

Nov 22, 1970

1h 22m

★ 6.1

Long live LSD! Long live machine guns! Long live motorbikes!

Overview

Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal Trailers

Cast

Maya

Meiko Kaji

Nobo

Tatsuya Fuji

Ema

Noriko Kurosawa

Yuri

Bunjaku Han

Sarii

Mako Ichikawa

Yuka

Masami Maki

Remi

Yuka Ohashi

Jun

Takama Sari

Charlie

Toshiya Yamano

Sakura

Eiji Gō

Sabu

Jiro Okazaki

Miki

Michi Aoyama

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