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.
Acting
Meiko Kaji's thousand-yard stare that launched a genre icon.
Cinematography
Seedy Yokosuka nights shot like a fever dream on no budget.
Score
Jarring psychedelic rock that refuses to let you breathe.
Director
Yasuharu Hasebe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 'Pinky Violence' wave, where studios weaponized exploitation to fund artier films — Kaji became their accidental feminist icon despite the genre's contradictions.
The motorcycle stunts were largely performed by actual bosozoku gang members hired day-of; Kaji did her own riding after lying about her experience.
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