Female Prisoner Scorpion

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Super Sweet Cult DVD deals

by Chris   ⋅   May 10, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

Wow. Sometimes the DVD gods just smile upon you, you know? Kris and I were pondering checking out Spider-Man 3 this evening, but something told me to go check an infrequently visited Fry’s instead. And boy, am I glad we did. I snatched up the whole Jodorowski Films box set, featuring Fando Y Lis, Holy [...]

Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41 — movie review

by Chris   ⋅   April 15, 2007   ⋅   Comments [3]

Way back in high-school, Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41 and Black Lizard served as my introduction to 1970’s Japanese exploitation cinema. I was a bit reluctant to review this film, lest my opinion be clouded by rosy glasses and nostalgia. But, having gone back to the film again, I believe I’m prepared, and my love [...]

Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion: Grudge Song // movie review

by Chris   ⋅   June 1, 2006   ⋅   Comment [1]

The last Scorpion entry starring Meiko Kaji is certainly the least of the films. Moving forward sans director Shunya Ito, this installment finds Sasori on the run from yet another gung-ho police inspector, facing threat of execution, and falling in love. That’s right, Sasori in love. When the film starts the police are hot [...]

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable — movie review

by Chris   ⋅   May 14, 2006   ⋅   Comment [1]

These days the term fierce has been so overused by hip-hop artists, Tyra Banks, and Inside Hollywood celebrity-trash mongers, it seems to have lost its meaning. But if one were forced to find a dictionary definition personification of the word fierce, that one person that would fit the bill would have to be Meiko Kaji [...]

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (aka Joshuu 701-go: Sasori) movie review

by Chris   ⋅   July 21, 2005   ⋅   Comments [4]

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion is the first film in the Scorpion trilogy, as well as the first film by director Shunya Ito. Based on the manga of the same name, The story follows Nami Matsushima (Meiko Kaji), the fiercest inmate in the Japanese women’s prison system, and for that matter, all women in prison films. [...]

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