Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
is a film released in 1972 by Toei Company. It is the second in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. It stars Meiko Kaji and is directed by Shunya Itō, who also directed the first film in the series, Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion.
Plot
Nami Matsushima (Meiko Kaji) is being kept bound in an underground solitary confinement cell, where she fashions a shiv out of a spoon by holding it in her mouth and grinding it against the concrete floor. The prison's chief warden, Goda, is to be promoted to a higher post shortly. When an inspector visits the prison, Matsushima is brought out of confinement for one day. During the inspection, Matsushima attacks Goda and slices his face. The other prisoners start to riot, but it is quelled by the guards.
More details
| author | Fumio Konami Hiro Matsuda Shunya Itō |
|---|---|
| director | Shunya Itō |
| editor | Osamu Tanaka |
| genre | action crime live-action thriller |
| keywords | abandon arson bite bus driver capture cheat drown escape attempt escaped prisoner family home fantasy sequence female prisoner grind injured jail kill labour camp married morning old woman pass poison prison guard prison riot rape riot river shiv solitary confinement stab surround tour bus wait |
| musicBy | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| producer | Kineo Yoshimine |
| productionCompany | Toei Company |
| theme | japanese pink prison |