Hippie Furiko (Meiko Kaji) is madly in love with Takaaki (Takeo Chii) - much to the dismay of his father, mayor Araki (Yoshio Inaba), who sees his political career threatened by his son associated with a gang of hippies. So eventually, he sends a team of his security men to grab him and drag him back by force. Problem is, when being taken by force, kills one of his father's men by accident - and somehow, the others manage to pin the murder on Furiko - who even takes the rap in her lover's stead ... but escapes prison soon enough with cellmate Aya (Yuka 'Kumari). And while she places Aya in the safe hands of her hippie gang led by Piranha (Yoshio Harada), she goes on a quest to win back Takaaki - but soon has to realize Takaaki has changed, as he now wants to be the perfect son to his dad. When Araki and his men learn that Furiko is out and about though, they quietly kidnap her and incarcerate her in the mayor's mansion. And Takaaki, who's perfectly aware of this, does nothing to save her ...

Aya in the meantime has convinced Piranha and company that by going after Takaaki, she was heading for her own doom, and so the gang go after her, try to free her by various means, even by taking Takaaki hostage, but whatever they try they fail, until they're driven out of town by the police - but take refuge in a nearby ghost town like out of an old Western movie to wait for their chance.

In the meantime though, Araki wants his own son Takaaki to shoot Furiko dead ... and only when Takaaki is about to lift the gun does he finally realize what he's doing and he turns against his father - and things are sure to go to hell from there ...

The fifth and final film of the Stray Cat Rock series doesn't follow the girl gang approach established by Yasuharu Hasebe with Delinquent Girl Boss, but (just like the other entry directed by Toshiya Fujita, Wild Jumbo) takes a more free-form approach to the genre, being very relaxed about storytelling, injecting many fresh and unorthodox ideas into a standard genre plot, populating the movie with a colourful cast of characters (with series lead Meiko Kaji's character actually being rather pale in this one), and taking inspiration from pretty much everywhere, be it nouvelle vague or spaghetti Western, and in all in its portrayal of hippie culture, its eclectic soundtrack and its emphasis on contemporary style, it most certainly is a very enjoyable piece of nostalgic genre entertainment, that in its laid back attitude still seems fresh enough though.

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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