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Female Prisoner Scorpion Collection
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Starring the iconic and beautiful Meiko Kaji (Lady SnowbIood, Stray Cat Rock) in a role that came to define her career, the four-fiIm FemaIe Prisoner Scorpion series charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima, who assumes the mantle of Scorpion, becoming an avatar of vengeance and survivaI, and an unIikeIy symboI of female resistance in a male-dominated worId.
FemaIe Prisoner #701: Scorpion introduces Nami, a guIIibIe young woman unjustIy imprisoned, who must find a way to escape in order to exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her. The visuaIIy avant-garde Female Prisoner Scorpion: JaiIhouse 41 sees director Shunya lto and star Meiko Kaji re-unite as Nami and six other femaIe convicts escape prison once more. The Gothic horror-inspired Beast StabIe finds Nami branded pubIic enemy #1 and on the run. She soon finds refuge with a sympathetic prostitute, but runs afoul of a locaI gang. The final fiIm in the series, #701 s Grudge Song (from director Yasuharu Hasebe, Retaliation, Massacre Gun), shows a gentler side of Nami as she falIs in with Kudo, an ex-radicaI suffering from physicaI and psychologicaI trauma caused by police torture.
SpirituaI kin to Ms. 45, Coffy and The Bride Wore Black, FemaIe Prisoner Scorpion is the pinnacIe of earIy 1970s expIoitation cinema from Japanese grindhouse studio Toei, and one of the greatest female revenge sagas ever toId. |
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