Female Prisoner Scorpion | The Complete Collection | Limited Edition Blu-ray+DVD

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Starring the iconic and beautiful Meiko Kaji () in a role that came to define her career, the four-film series charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima, who assumes the mantle of “Scorpion,” becoming an avatar of vengeance and survival, and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world.

introduces Nami, a gullible young woman unjustly imprisoned, who must find a way to escape in order to exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her. The visually avant-garde sees director Shunya Ito and star Meiko Kaji re-unite as Nami and six other female convicts escape prison once more. The Gothic horror-inspired finds Nami branded public enemy #1 and on the run. She soon finds refuge with a sympathetic prostitute, but runs afoul of a local gang. The final film in the series, (from director Yasuharu Hasebe, ), shows a gentler side of Nami as she falls in with Kudo, an ex-radical suffering from physical and psychological trauma caused by police torture.

Spiritual kin to , and , the is the pinnacle of early 1970s exploitation cinema from Japanese grindhouse studio Toei, and one of the greatest female revenge sagas ever told.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3000 copies)
• Brand new 2K restorations of all four films in the series presented on High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD
• Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays) for all films
• Optional English subtitles for all films
• Double-sided fold out poster of two original artworks
• Reversible sleeves for all films featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan
• Booklet featuring an extract from , an upcoming book on the starby critic and author Tom Mes, an archive interview with Meiko Kaji, and a brand new interview with Toru Shinohara, creator of the original manga

FEMALE PRISONER #701: SCORPION

• Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans ()
• Archive interview with director Shunya Ito
• New interview with assistant director Yutaka Kohira
• Theatrical Trailers for all films in the series

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41

• Newly filmed appreciation by critic Kier-La Janisse
• Japanese cinema critic Jasper Sharp looks over the career of Shunya Ito
• New interview with production designer Tadayuki Kuwana
• Original Theatrical Trailer

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: BEAST STABLE

• Newly filmed appreciation by critic Kat Ellinger
• Archive interview with director Shunya Ito
• New visual essay on the career of star and icon Meiko Kaji by critic Tom Mes
• Original Theatrical Trailer

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: #701’s GRUDGE SONG

• Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Kazuyoshi Kumakiri ()
• Archive interview with director Yasuharu Hasebe
• Japanese cinema critic Jasper Sharp looks over the career of Yasuharu Hasebe
• Visual essay on the series by critic Tom Mes
• Original Theatrical Trailer