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'''''Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss''''' is a 1970 {{Japanese|Films}} {{action|Genre}} film.

Ako is a biker who runs into girl gang the Stray Cats about to have a knife fight. After intervening to save them, she joins the gang and befriends their leader Mei, slowly climbing the ranks to become a leader. Meanwhile, Mei's boyfriend is trying to join a far right nationalist gang called the Seiyu Group, and tries to convince his friend to throw a boxing match for them. Ako and Mei unwittingly convince said friend to win the match, starting a MobWar between the Stray Cats and the Seiyu Group.

This film received four sequels:

* ''Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo'' (1970)
* ''Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter'' (1970)
* ''Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal'' (1970)
* ''Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71'' (1971)
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!!This film contains examples of:

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Ako is easily mistaken for a boy in her biker garb, due to being a short-haired {{Tomboy}}.
* BigBad: Mr. Hanada, a gangster who declares war on the Stray Cats.
* {{Chickification}}: Toshio starts the movie as a vicious sadist who tortures Yuka for fun, and ends as Katsuya's pleading girlfriend who is last seen in his bed.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Toshio decides to burn Yuka's chest with a blowtorch ForTheEvulz.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The film starts with the Stray Cats battling a rival gang led by Toshio, but she's knocked out 30 minutes in, after which her boyfriend is revealed to be working for a bigger gang led by Hanada who become the main threat. Toshio herself basically becomes Katsuya's pleading girlfriend near the end.
* FanDisservice:
** Yuka's shirt is torn open by Toshio, who proceeds to ''burn her with a blowtorch''.
** [[spoiler:Mari is naked while being violently interrogated by the Seiyu Group.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Mr. Konto, Hanada's boss, only appears briefly to berate Hanada's hotheadedness and is never seen again.
* JapaneseDelinquents: A TropeCodifier for the sukeban or girl gang subgenre of delinquent films.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Nothing happens to Toshio after she tries to massacre the Stray Cats and tortures one of them with a blowtorch.]]
* MobWar: The Stray Cats enter two of these over the course of the film, first with an unnamed rival gang Mei used to be in and then with the far-right Seiyu Group.
* NonActorVehicle: The lead is played by pop star Akiko Wade, who also does the soundtrack.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The Stray Cats are mentioned as being involved in crime, but it's never made clear what sort beyond the occasional street brawl.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Some nationalist rhetoric is spouted at the Seiyu Group's introductory meeting, but it never comes up again in the film itself and just seems to be a way to make them more unlikable.
* ThematicSeries: None of the ''Stray Cat Rock'' series are connected, being wholly unrelated films connected by being about female delinquents, starring Meiko Kaji and being distributed by Nikkatsu.
* ThrowingTheFight: The Seiyu Group task Michio with convincing his childhood friend Kelly to throw a fight so they can win 40 million yen from in gambling. The Stray Cats unwittingly ruining that starts the war between the two gangs.
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