Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
A woman betrayed and imprisoned. A mission of vengeance.
Starring Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Isao Natsuyagi
Directed by Shunya Ito
After being cruelly set up by a crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi), whom she loved, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sentenced to do hard time in a women's prison, which is run by sadistic and horny male guards. There are 700 other prisoners, making Matsu number 701. Her crime was making a failed attempt to stab Sugimi on the steps of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters because he used her to win favor with the Yakuza. While in prison she meets inmates like Yuki Kida (Yayoi Watanabe) who was committed for fraud and theft, Otsuka (Akemi Negishi), jailed for burglary and extortion, and Katagiri (Rie Yokoyama) who has been impounded for arson and illegally disposing of a body.
Runtime: 87 min.
Rating: 7.2
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Crime,Thriller
Keywords: japan,guard,women's prison
Cast
Nami Matsushima (Sasori)
Katagiri
Sugimi
Warden Goda
Yukiko Kida
Masaki / Red-Haired Bully
Otsuka
Okizaki
Kitô
Nemoto
Morikawa
Imune
Dobashi
Tatsuno
Kaizutoshi
Furuya
Soga
Takenaka
Hori
Oiwa
Takagi
Hoya
Ozama
Rie Shindo