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Director:
Writers:
Fumio Konami (writer)
Hirô Matsuda (writer)
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Release Date:
25 August 1972 (Japan) more
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After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi (Natsuyagi Isao), a conniving and crooked detective... more | add synopsis
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Awesome Japanese exploitation flick more (16 total)

Cast

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Meiko Kaji ... Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion)
Rie Yokoyama ... Katagiri
Isao Natsuyagi ... Sugimi
Fumio Watanabe ... Warden
Yayoi Watanabe ... Yukiko Kida
Yôko Mihara ... Red-Haired Bully
Akemi Negishi ... Otsuka
Hideo Murota ... Okizaki
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kôji Hio
Emi Jo (as Emi Jô)
Chie Kobayashi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Japan: English title)
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Runtime:
87 min | France:83 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | UK:18 (2006)

Fun Stuff

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Nami Matsushima: To be deceived is a woman's crime. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Awesome Japanese exploitation flick, 22 August 2004
10/10
Author: zetes from Saint Paul, MN

Violent, sick, cruel, and completely sadistic – what more could I ask for? Starring Meiko Kaji, who would go on to the Lady Snowblood films the next year, this women in prison movie simply dazzles. Ito's direction is fantastic, and in some ways resembles that of Suzuki Seijun. It's funny that such great filmmaking is found in a w.i.p. movie, a sub-genre usually reserved for sloppy, direct-to-video work today. Just think, a direct-to-video movie really could be well made. There is an unfulfilled market here. Yet people just keep cranking out the same cliched garbage – an utter waste. The genre in America is too tame when you look at FP701. Actually, I'd almost say that this comes close to being the best prison movie ever made, approaching masterpieces like Don Siegel's undervalued Riot in Cell-Block 11 and Stuart Rosenberg's beloved Cool Hand Luke. Hell, Prisoner 701 makes Cool Hand Luke look like a total pussy. This movie is an absolute must-see for those who love Japanese films, exploitation, or cult movies in general. I'd go so far as to call it a masterpiece in its own way. I loved every damn second of it! 10/10.

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