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  • Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse 41
  • Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse 41 review by Bribaba from London, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Once Upon a Time in a Japanese Prison 3 May 2007
    ...Shunya Ito’s take on the well worn women-in-prison theme, stretches the genre conventions to the limit. Its terrific visuals, mute heroine and fuzz guitar soundtrack, rec...   Read customer review
  • Female Prisoner No.701 Scorpion - Beast Stable
  • Female Prisoner No.701 Scorpion - Beast Stable review by chungking from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars my current screen goddess is... 2 November 2007
    ...ms in the Female Prisoner series. The first three are directed by the same guy, Shunya Ito. All good films. Meika Kaji says about two lines in the second film and maybe t...   Read customer review

Shunya Ito - filmography


  • Female Prisoner No. 701 - Scorpion (1972)
    Starring: Rie Yokoyama,  Meiko Kaji
    Director: Shunya Ito
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    One of the most stylish and sophisticated exploitation movies of all time, FEMALE PRISONER NO.701 - SCORPION is characterised by bone-shattering violence, high-pulse nymphomania and a brutally gynaecological approach to torture. The action-thriller that inspired Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 751 members
    Not available for rental
  • Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse 41 (1972)
    Starring: Meiko Kaji,  Rie Yokoyama
    Director: Shunya Ito
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Matsu, known as 'Scorpion', has been sent to prison through the evil manipulations of an ex-boyfriend. This is the second movie in the series where we come to learn that this tiny firecracker of a woman is full of strength, beauty and an honor which outshines her peers and the cage within which she'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 349 members
    Not available for rental

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