Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) is the last collaboration between director Shyuna Ito and his team in the series with Meiko Kaji but it is not the last chapter in the series-a fourth film was made. This one has some ghoulish elements and take place in the seedier areas of Tokyo as well as the sewers of the city as Scorpion wrecks revenge as an escaped convict. I liked the 70s cabaret scenes and seedy reality of Tokyo as it was shown in the film. Kaji shines again in a mostly voiceless performance of the avenging angel of sorts-who will go to great lengths to get her freedom and greater lengths to get revenge. The Arrow extras include:a newly filmed appreciation by critic Kat Ellinger, an archive interview with director Shunya Ito, a new visual essay on the career of star and icon Meiko Kaji by critic Tom Mes, and Original Theatrical Trailer.
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