I have to say I'm a little sad that I've finished the Female Prisoner Scorpion series after seeing the last installment, Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973) directed by Yasaharu Hasebe this time. Even though they have created a special comic book universe-this one also gives glimpses of the seedier side of Tokyo in the 70s in which Matsu (Mieko Kaji) escapes into a strip club and is helped by a former student protester . He helps because he has also been tortured by the cops and hold's his own grudge. The cops track her down by getting her unfortunate new lover to confess on her location-she will have another score to settle once she has finished with the cops. This film doesn't has as much visual flair but enough to recreate Scorpion's word especially at the penultimate scene as well as in the strip club. I have enjoyed the informative extras a lot: newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Kichiku: Banquet of the Beasts), archive interview with director Yasuharu Hasebe, Japanese cinema critic Jasper Sharp looks over the career of Yasuharu Hasebe, a visual essay on the Scorpion series by critic Tom Mes, and Original Theatrical Trailer.
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