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**Directed by: Yasuharu Hasebe**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Masakazu Tamura, Yumi Kanei**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Style, Pacing, Meiko Kaji**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Superfluous**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

February 20, 2020

The final chapter in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Wantanabe**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic and Disturbing Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Not As Much Fun as Previous Entries**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

February 19, 2020

Matsu the Scorpion is sheltered by a woman whom is being abused, while an old prison mate, the police, and a cop whose arm she hacked off hunt her.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Wantanabe, Yukie Kagawa, FUdeko Tanaka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Story, Action, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

February 18, 2020

The second entry in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. After being locked in solitary confinement for a year, Matsu the Scorpion escapes with a van full of prisoners and flees across a surreal landscape.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Natsuyagi Isao**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Fun, Influence**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

February 17, 2020

After being betrayed by detective she had fallen in love with, a young woman is sent to a prison full of violent prisoners and guards.

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