Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

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

1970 1h 22m JA

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★6.3TMDB · 25

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Synopsis

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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.

“Long live LSD! Long live machine guns! Long live motorbikes!”

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Cast

Meiko Kaji
Maya
Tatsuya Fuji
Nobo
Noriko Kurosawa
Ema
Bunjaku Han
Yuri
Mako Ichikawa
Sarii
Masami Maki
Yuka
Yuka Ohashi
Remi
Takama Sari
Jun

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
Writers: Ryuzo Nakanishi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Stray Cat Rock Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Akihiko Takashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mutsuo Tanji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Meiko Kaji and Tatsuya Fuji and Noriko Kurosawa carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuharu Hasebe directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Akihiko Takashima scores. Mutsuo Tanji cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Stray Cat Rock Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Akihiko Takashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mutsuo Tanji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Meiko Kaji and Tatsuya Fuji and Noriko Kurosawa carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Long live LSD! Long live machine guns! Long live motorbikes!".
10IMDB entry: tt0223782 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "vietnam veteran", "street gang", "lsd", "motorcycle gang".