Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Joshuu 701-gô: Sasori
Japan
1972
87 Min
Color
Japanese
Synopsis
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi (Natsuyagi Isao), a conniving and crooked detective she had whole-heartedly fallen in love with (and subsequently lost her virginity to…), Matsushima Nami’s desire for revenge knows no bounds. Her failed attempt at stabbing Sugimi on the steps of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters results in her doing hard time in a female prison run by sadistic and horny male guards. To Sugimi’s surprise, Matsushima refuses to testify against him and his connections to the mob, and now the sheer fact that she knows such secrets makes her a liability. So Sugimi and the Japanese mafia orchestrate a plan whereby Matsushima will succumb to an “accidental” death in prison. They enlist the help of Kagiri, another female inmate with ties to both Sugimi and the mafia, thus their formidable plan is quickly set in motion. Little do they realize, however, how hotly Matsushima’s desire for revenge burns within her. —inferno
Director
Shunya Ito
Shunya Itō (伊藤 俊也 Itō Shun’ya?, born February 17, 1932) is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori (Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, etc.) series of 1970s exploitation films based on Toru Shinohara’s manga and starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career. He won a Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Citation for his first film, Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, in 1972.
He won Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset, a story of a man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. This thus became Japan’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film instead of Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, which caused a slight uproar in Western media as many critics thought Ran had a real chance of winning whereas Gray Sunset was not even shortlisted. (Galbraith)
His most recent films are the 1995 anime movie in the Lupin III series: Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus, and the 1998 World War II drama Pride: The… read more
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johndmoore
12Jul11
Kaji Meiko is the perfect picture of white, hot, righteous rage as Matsushima "Scorpion" Nami. Visually, it's gorgeous, and indulges in some really effective expressionism.
Erdiawan Putra
10Jun10
Now i know where the song Urami Bushi came from. Meiko Kaji is one of the hottest chick i've ever seen in a film. One of my favorite Pinku films
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Tristan P. Teshigahara
19Jul11
She's also the sweetest woman alive. Her grace and poise is unparalleled.
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Erdiawan Putra
21Jul11
hehehe. the sweetest woman alive. no matter how bad a film is, if Meiko Kaji starred in it, i'd love to watch it ;)
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