Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Original title: Joshû 701-gô: Sasori

19721972
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 27min

Meiko Kaji in Joshû 701-gô: Sasori (1972)

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.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.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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Director
- Shun'ya Itô
Writers
- Fumio Kônami
- Hirô Matsuda
- Tooru Shinohara(manga)
Stars

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Yôko Mihara in Joshû 701-gô: Sasori (1972)

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

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Taglines
- A woman betrayed and imprisoned. A mission of vengeance.
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
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Trivia
Japanese director Sion Sono references this series in many of his movies: Lady Scorpion from Ai no mukidashi (2008), art-house horror elements in Ekusute (2007): hair extensions and revenge sexual torture in Koi no tsumi (2011).

Quotes
Nami Matsushima: To be deceived is a woman's crime.

Connections
Featured in Shunya Ito: Birth of an Outlaw (2016)

Soundtracks
Urami Bushi
Sung by Meiko Kaji

Top review

10/10

Awesome Japanese exploitation flick

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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