If you loved The Yakuza, try Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Action / Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Yakuza, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion is
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.

