

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
野良猫ロック マシン・アニマル
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.
Cast & Crew
Trailers

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal Original Trailer (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970)
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