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Directed by Shunya Itō, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

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After spending a year in brutal solitary confinement, Nami Matsushima (known as "Matsu" or "Scorpion") seizes a moment of chaos to attack the sadistic Warden Goda and escape with six other female convicts. Their flight across a hallucinatory landscape turns into a "gruesome campaign of revenge" as they are relentlessly pursued by prison guards. Along the way, the women encounter a mysterious old woman in a ghost town, leading to surreal sequences where their traumatic pasts and crimes are revealed through Kabuki-inspired theatricality. Performance & Style Female Prisoner Scorpion- Jailhouse 41 -1972- -...

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