Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)

Review: Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Cast: Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Harada, Tatsuya Fuji,

Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
Takeo Chii
Takeo Chii
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
Tatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji

Plot: The film follows a hippie community lead by Yoshitaro. They decide to leave their trailer in Shinjuku and travel to countryside by bicycle to save their friend Furiko who has been falsely accused for murder. The real killer – although it was mainly self defense – is Furiko’s boyfried Takaaki who is being controlled by his politician father. Takaaki would rather live free as a hippie, but his father is forcing him to become a businessman.

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Viewing notes: June 2017 – Arrow Video

Viewing notes: June 2017 – Arrow Video

Arrow Video’s commitment to genre releases is on full display in a selection of recently viewed Blu-rays, each featuring informative supplements: the Japanese juvenile delinquent series Stray Cat Rock, Don Coscarelli’s epic Phantasm […]

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