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Unrated, 87 min.

Directed by: Shunya Ito

Release Date: January 1, 1973

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DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004

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  • October 1, 2007
    One of the many films certain lazy hack used as a base to his female revenge flick. Female Prisoner Scorpion manages to stand above many women-in-jail xplotation flicks of it's time for two solid reasons: Its use of surreal psycodelic images, and the cast of Meiko Kaji in the lea...( read more)d role, who i would say is truly one of the few actresses i have seen that can express so much with so little. She has this unique aura of beauty and mistery, and at the same time, actual acting skills that makes her a timeless cult icon. What can i say, i love that woman, that look she makes to her enemies is hypnotic.

    If you're going to see just one film of women in jail then this is the one (the second film is even wackier, so i have heard) Showing how even in such a xploited topic in cinema back in those days Japan was still ages ahead of many counterparts in other parts of the world.
  • March 15, 2007
    Eye gouging is fun. interesting female prison-sploitation movie
  • September 4, 2009
    A Japanese exploitation film about a wrongly-imprisoned woman who is consumed by her desire to escape to have her revenge on those her put her there. The people that put her in prison, including the Yakuza, want to ensure she has a bad time there. After one of her escape attempts...( read more) the entire populace is punished, so it easy to turn everyone against her. A lot of digging of holes and yellow boobies. A lesbian scene, a rape scene, fighting and some goriness, typical for films from this time and place. The story as a revenge flick is not that compelling (and I think a certain director took many of his ideas for a certain two-part film from this).
  • April 2, 2009
    Nami is hardcore.
    If you are like me and enjoy the w.i.p.-genre, you'll love this.
  • November 21, 2008
    Jesus Christ this sucked so fucking hard. I'm gonna say a good 90-95% purely gratuatious. Why in god's name did I watch Japnese female prisoner torture/gang rape for an hour and a half?
  • August 23, 2008
    A great cult film from the Women In Prison genre, very popular in the 70's, the type of film that show us the exploitation of women suffering all kind of abuse and violence, but to the end have the chance of revenge with a bloody style!

    Meiko Kaji is one of the most beautiful ...( read more)women that i've seen in a long time, her intense eyes and mystic and dangerous presence make this film more enjoyable.

    A must see.
  • June 21, 2008
    Kinda interesting...
  • June 19, 2008
    Hmmmm... wish I knew what it was about...
  • October 1, 2007
    Great experimental exploitation film. Surprisingly very well shot.

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