MOVIE · 1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaThriller90 min
After a detective uses her and betrays her, Matsu is sent to a women’s prison where brutal guards rule over inmates who refuse to submit. Meiko Kaji is Matsu, a young prisoner marked out for isolation, punishment, and constant surveillance. After a year in solitary, she escapes, only to find the prison’s vendetta still closing in outside the walls. Fumio Watanabe appears among the men connected to the deception that sent her there, while the prison itself becomes a world of humiliation, rebellion, and pursuit.
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