After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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Cast
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| Meiko Kaji | ... | Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) | |
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Rie Yokoyama | ... | Katagiri |
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Yayoi Watanabe | ... | Yukiko Kida |
| Yôko Mihara | ... | Masaki | |
| Akemi Negishi | ... | Otsuka | |
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Keiko Kuni | ... | Nemoto |
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Yumiko Katayama | ... | Kitô |
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Emi Jô | ... | Morikawa |
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Sue Mitobe | ... | Imune |
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Chie Kobayashi | ... | Dobashi |
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Rie Yuki | ... | Tatsuno |
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Hideo Murota | ... | Okizaki |
| Saburô Date | ... | Kaizutoshi | |
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Shinzô Hotta | ... | Furuya (as Shinzo Hotta) |
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Yôichi Numata | ... | Soga |
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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. Written by inferno
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25 August 1972 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Japanese director Sion Sono references this series in many of his movies: Lady Scorpion from Love Exposure, art-house horror elements in Exte: Hair Extensions, and revenge sexual torture in Guilty of Romance. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Shunya Ito's debut film hits all the genre highlights of your standard Babes Behind Bars flick, but does it so much better than any other exploitation pic of the era.
Action queen Meiko Kaji stars the unbreakable "Scorpion." Betrayed by her slimy police detective lover Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi), she winds up in a brutal prison run by the evil bureaucrat Goda (every directors favorite badguy Fumio Watanabe) where she endures tortures that would have reduced Cool Hand Luke to jelly in about five minutes.
A solid cast, excellent direction and occasionally brilliant cinematography make this perhaps the second best W.I.P. movie ever made. For the best, you'll have to see the sequel, "Jailhouse 41."