Mako
(Meiko Kaji) and her all-girl gang go around accusing horny old men of sexual
harassment and shake them down for money.
Meanwhile, fellow gang member Mari (Mari Koiso) falls for a biracial
Coca-Cola salesman, which causes her gangster ex to become furious. He and his gang jump her new beau, beat him
within an inch of his life, and force him to get out of town. After the gang goes around committing more
hate crimes, Mako finally has enough and puts her foot down.
Like
the other films in the Stray Cat Rock series, the plot meanders, and the pacing
is sluggish. There are more exploitation
elements at work here, although they run contrary to the social messages to
movie is trying to convey. There’s a forced
vasectomy via broken Coke bottle, some nudity in an opium den, and a “rape
party” for rich businessmen. This
certainly ups the sleaze quotient, but it doesn’t necessarily make it
“better”.
Kaji
sports a big hat similar to the one she’d later wear in the Female Prisoner
Scorpion films, so at least she looks cool.
Like Wild Jumbo, she isn’t given much to do. She kinda stands idly by for most of the
movie. Once she finally stands up for
her girls and begins chucking Molotov cocktails (in Coca-Cola bottles to make
the revenge sweeter) at the bad guys and sleazebags, the movie picks up a
bit.
Overall,
this is only marginally more enjoyable than its two predecessors thanks to the
gratuitous violence. The big problem is
the misleading title. No one hunts for
sex in this movie, which is a big disappointment, so I have to deduct mucho
points for that. The highlight for me
was the musical performances by an all-girl pop group, Golden Half who
sing a great song called, “Yellow Cherry”.
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