:Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
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| image = Stray-Cat-Rock-Sex-Hunter-poster.jpg
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| director = Yasuharu Hasebe
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| starring = Meiko Kaji
Rikiya Yasuoka
Tatsuya Fuji
| music = Hajime Kaburagi
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| studio = Nikkatsu
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| released = {{Film date|1970|9|1}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Japan
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{{Nihongo|Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter|野良猫ロック セックスハンター|Nora-neko rokku: sekkusu hantaa}} or Alleycat Rock: Sex Hunter is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe.{{cite web |url=http://www.hkaff.asia/nikkatsu/film8.html|title=Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter|access-date= 2011-10-22|work=Hong Kong Asian Film Festival}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19358 |script-title=ja:野良猫ロック セックス・ハンター|access-date= 2011-10-22|work=Kinema Junpo Film Database|language=Japanese}} It is the third entry in the Stray Cat Rock or Alleycat Rock series of exploitation films initiated by Alleycat Rock: Female Boss.{{cite book |last=Weisser|first=Thomas|author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films|url=https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis|url-access=limited|year=1998|publisher=Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications|location=Miami|isbn=1-889288-52-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis/page/n41 40]–42}}
Plot
The plot revolves about the rivalry between a female gang (the Alleycats led by Mako) and the men of the Eagle gang run by Baron. When a member of the Alleycats turns down an advance from one of the Eagles (Susumu) in favor of her half-black boyfriend, the Eagle leader Baron, whose sister had been raped by a mixed-race individual, moves to rid the town of its racially mixed population. More problems ensue when a mixed-race stranger (Kazuma) finds favor with the Alleycats' leader Mako. The questions of race relations and nationality were especially pertinent since the film was shot near the U. S. Naval base at Yokosuka.{{cite web|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/stray-cat-rock-sex-hunter/|title=Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter|publisher=MidnightEye|access-date=2012-11-26|last=Mes|first=Tom|date=August 4, 2004}}
Cast
- Meiko Kaji as Mako
- Rikiya Yasuoka as Kazuma
- Tatsuya Fuji as Baron
- Jirō Okazaki as Susumu
Production
This film was shot at the same time as the previous sequel, Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo. Since the female cast members were the same in the two movies, they were shuttled between the two filming locations.
Release
The film was released with English subtitles on DVD by Home Vision Entertainment on June 22, 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Stray-Cat-Rock-Sex-Hunter/dp/B00020W006|title=Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (2004)|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=2012-11-26}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0223783}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1970/ct002290.htm|title=野良猫ロック セックスハンター}}
{{Yasuharu Hasebe}}
{{Stray Cat Rock}}
Category:Films directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
Category:Films scored by Hajime Kaburagi
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