Grabbed this cheap thinking it a late entry in the over the top, famously if questionably feminist, Female Convict Scorpion series. Seems not to be.
Unlike the nearly mute Sasori in Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô, this film's heroine's a professional, a doctor, Nami, who goes to prison for attacking a thuggish patient who may have been responsible for her sister's death. At least on the American release, the story unfolds in two brief films. The first, which IMDb lists as Sasori: Joshuu 701-gô, quickly devolves into women behind bars clichés. Nami escapes, of course, but only to reappear in this second film, hair apparently died and bobbed, still looking to avenge her sister.
The second film's ten minutes shorter, looks like it was edited with butcher knife whether by the director or distributors, but I liked it better. The inanity of the plot -- (spoiler only if you can figure it out) she unwittingly saves her nemesis over, over, and over again -- kept me from ejecting the disk and forgetting about it. The final surprise is completely insane, but carefully telegraphed nonetheless.
Neither half of the story really stands alone. This one depends substantially on the first.
Unlike the nearly mute Sasori in Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô, this film's heroine's a professional, a doctor, Nami, who goes to prison for attacking a thuggish patient who may have been responsible for her sister's death. At least on the American release, the story unfolds in two brief films. The first, which IMDb lists as Sasori: Joshuu 701-gô, quickly devolves into women behind bars clichés. Nami escapes, of course, but only to reappear in this second film, hair apparently died and bobbed, still looking to avenge her sister.
The second film's ten minutes shorter, looks like it was edited with butcher knife whether by the director or distributors, but I liked it better. The inanity of the plot -- (spoiler only if you can figure it out) she unwittingly saves her nemesis over, over, and over again -- kept me from ejecting the disk and forgetting about it. The final surprise is completely insane, but carefully telegraphed nonetheless.
Neither half of the story really stands alone. This one depends substantially on the first.