Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

1973 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2424 2.4K

incest innocent person killed nickname 刑事 ヤクザ 刑務所

Plot summary

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.

Director

Shun'ya Itô Photo
Shun'ya Itô

Top cast

Bun'ei Shô Photo
Bun'ei Shô as Woman in Nude Studio
Kôji Fujiyama Photo
Kôji Fujiyama as Yamazaki
Kôji Miemachi Photo
Kôji Miemachi
Kôichi Yamada Photo
Kôichi Yamada as Detective
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800.72 MB
1280*528
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 1
1.45 GB
1920*800
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Milk_Tray_Guy 7 / 10

Not as good as the first two but still fun

Third movie of the Female Convict Scorpion series starring Meiko Kaji - and the last directed by Shunya Ito.Nami Matsushima (AKA 'the Scorpion) is still wanted by the authorities. Lying low, she tries to integrate into city life with a job as a seamstress. However, whilst riding the subway two detectives recognise her and attempt to arrest her. At this point you kinda want to shout out 'No, don't do it!' You just know it won't end well - but all we can do is sit helplessly by as 10 seconds later one cop is dead, and fifteen seconds after that (following a short chase) the other is missing an arm. This leads to one of the most memorable scenes ever, as Scorpion runs through crowded city streets with the cop's bloody arm still handcuffed to her wrist! It's a hell of an opening.That set-up had me thinking this might be the best one so far. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie struggles to live up to that, and the next 30 minutes or so are a lot slower, There's some sleaze there (including an incestuous relationship between a prostitute and her brother, and a female yakuza boss forcing abortions on the street girls who work for her), and some nice imagery; but for quite a while it plays out more like a drama. When we do eventually hit the point where Scorpion goes full 'avenging angel' it's pretty much a bloodbath. There's also a great prolonged sequence in the city sewers.Apart from the low pacing for a large part, the problem (if you can call it that) I had here was that some of Scorpion's responses seem a bit... OTT. I mean, we all want to see her kick ass as she dispatches bad guys in increasingly gory ways, but it's not certain that *everyone* she targets deserves the final outcome they get. Still, Ito's visuals involving the multi-coloured neon displays of the city look great, and Kaji is as fantastically effective as ever as the unstoppable Scorpion. Not quite up to the previous two, but still a 7/10.
Reviewed by goldenhairedone 6 / 10

A new direction

The first three "Female Convict Scorpion" movies, which are the only ones directed by Shunya Ito, are part of the same series but are entirely different entities structurally. The first one is a fairly straight-forward 'women in prison' flick, the second is a piece of great avant-garde film-making, and the third is a slow paced character study. In fact, for most of the movie it is pure Japanese drama, especially the first half, and most viewers would be hard pressed to pigeonhole the movie with just calling it an exploitation film.Not to say it is completely separate from the other two. Matsu is still her usual quiet self, albeit with a few more lines than normal, and the men are still complete scumbags. She's still running from the cops and using any pointy object she can get her hands on, but she is also keeping a steady job sewing, which is a strange sight to see for any fan of Matsu's previous exploits. She soon finds herself in a situation defending herself and two prostitutes against a local gangs, and violence obviously ensues.So is it actually any good? For most part, yes, yes it is. The pacing is definitely slower but works well with its new rhythm. It just that it really does not go anywhere with all its character development that fills the first half, and the carnage that ensues does not the fun spirit of its predecessors. Its still a very colorful and stylish film, with some really memorable scenes, but it leaves you wondering why such an otherwise energetic trilogy had to end on a period, and not the exclamation point that its avid fans had all been expecting.6/10
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