Female Prisoner Scorpion Collection (blu ray)
A career defining role for Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood,Ā Stray Cat Rock), the four-film Female Prisoner Scorpion series charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima, who assumes the mantle of āScorpion,ā becoming an avatar of vengeance and survival, and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion introduces Nami, a gullible young woman unjustly imprisoned, who must find a way to escape in order to exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her.
The visually avant-gardeĀ Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41Ā sees director Shunya Ito and star Meiko Kaji re-unite as Nami and six other female convicts escape prison once more.
The Gothic horror-inspiredĀ Beast StableĀ finds Nami branded public enemy #1 and on the run. She soon finds refuge with a sympathetic prostitute, but runs afoul of a local gang.
The final film in the series,Ā #701ās Grudge SongĀ (from director Yasuharu Hasebe,Ā Retaliation,Ā Massacre Gun), shows a gentler side of Nami as she falls in with Kudo, an ex-radical suffering from physical and psychological trauma caused by police torture.
Female Prisoner Scorpion is the pinnacle of early 1970s exploitation cinemaĀ and one of the greatest female revenge sagas ever told.
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A career defining role for Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood,Ā Stray Cat Rock), the four-film Female Prisoner Scorpion series charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima, who assumes the mantle of āScorpion,ā becoming an avatar of vengeance and survival, and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion introduces Nami, a gullible young woman unjustly imprisoned, who must find a way to escape in order to exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her.
The visually avant-gardeĀ Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41Ā sees director Shunya Ito and star Meiko Kaji re-unite as Nami and six other female convicts escape prison once more.
The Gothic horror-inspiredĀ Beast StableĀ finds Nami branded public enemy #1 and on the run. She soon finds refuge with a sympathetic prostitute, but runs afoul of a local gang.
The final film in the series,Ā #701ās Grudge SongĀ (from director Yasuharu Hasebe,Ā Retaliation,Ā Massacre Gun), shows a gentler side of Nami as she falls in with Kudo, an ex-radical suffering from physical and psychological trauma caused by police torture.
Female Prisoner Scorpion is the pinnacle of early 1970s exploitation cinemaĀ and one of the greatest female revenge sagas ever told.
