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After being cruelly set up by a crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi), whom she loved, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sentenced to do hard time in a women's prison, which is run by sadistic and horny male guards. There are 700 other prisoners, making Matsu number 701. Her crime was making a failed attempt to stab Sugimi on the steps of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters because he used her to win favor with the Yakuza. While in prison she meets inmates like Yuki Kida (Yayoi Watanabe) who was committed for fraud and theft, Otsuka (Akemi Negishi), jailed for burglary and extortion, and Katagiri (Rie Yokoyama) who has been impounded for arson and illegally disposing of a body.

The Female Prisoner Series

Genres: Crime

Starring: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Isao Natsuyagi

Released: August 1, 1972

Runtime: 87.0

Popularity Rating: 2.660

Japan

Nami Matsushima (Sasori) Meiko Kaji
Katagiri Rie Yokoyama
Sugimi Isao Natsuyagi
Warden Fumio Watanabe
Yukiko Kida Yayoi Watanabe
Red-Haired Bully Yoko Mihara
Otsuka Akemi Negishi
Okizaki Hideo Murota

Camera — Director of Photography: Hanjiro Nakazawa
Directing — Director: Shunya Ito
Editing — Editor: Osamu Tanaka
Sound — Original Music Composer: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Writing — Writer: Fumio Konami
Writing — Writer: Hiro Matsuda
Writing — Writer: Tooru Shinohara