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Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

1970-11-22 · 82 min · ★ 6.3

Thriller · Action · Crime · Drama

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.

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Directors
Yasuharu Hasebe
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Meiko KajiMeiko KajiMaya
Tatsuya FujiTatsuya FujiNobo
Noriko KurosawaEma
Bunjaku HanBunjaku HanYuri
Mako IchikawaSarii
Masami MakiYuka
Yuka OhashiRemi
Takama SariJun
Toshiya YamanoCharlie
Eiji GōEiji GōSakura
Jiro OkazakiJiro OkazakiSabu
Michi AoyamaMiki
Seiji HimuroYoshio
Hiroshi IchimuraJunkie
Yasuhiro KameyamaDaru
Katsumi KojimaGorô
Eiko MatsudaEiko MatsudaSarii

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