# Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

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**Original title**: *女囚701号さそり*
**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, Action
**Directed by**: Shunya Ito
**Written by**: Fumio Kōnami, Hirō Matsuda
**Starring**: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Isao Natsuyagi, Fumio Watanabe, Yayoi Watanabe, Yōko Mihara

> *A woman betrayed and imprisoned. A mission of vengeance.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo stock exchange. Noon siren. A single, blood-red stiletto heel.

Betrayed by a corrupt cop, Nami Matsushima becomes inmate #701, Scorpion, and quietly plots vengeance. Escape is only the first stage of her master plan.

Ito’s pinky violence is a crucial bridge from Kaji Meiko’s outlaw-woman roles to early anime.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, raw, unhinged

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