Exceptional Japanese prison exploitation flick with some very artful production
Female Prisoner Scorpion was a series of Japanese women in prison exploitation films released in the 1970s by Toei. It was based upon a manga and featured Meiko Kaji famous for her role as Lady Snowblood. Jailhouse 41 was the second in the franchise. For not having much of a story the movie was very, very well made. There are some really artistic shots, mixed in with craziness, ghosts, and action. The theme of the movie was a battle of will between Meiki as Matsu aka The Scorpion and her tormentors who were both the prison she was in and her fellow inmates.<br /><br />The start of the film has some great cinematography. Matsu is in a prison that looks like a dungeon from medieval times. She’s chained and shackled to the floor when the warden comes in to gloat over her situation. The director used a low shot up close to Matsu’s face to show her utter contempt for authority with the warden standing on high above her to symbolize the power relationship between the two.<br /><br />The story is broken up into three parts. First it’s all about the punishment the prison meted out to Matsu. Second, Matsu and a group of prisoners escape and it goes into the supernatural as they run into a spirit. The spirit goes through the crimes each prisoner committed in another well shot sequence with each woman moving towards the camera as their wrongs are described. The last is the women’s final fate.<br /><br />Meiko puts in a strong performance even though she only talks at the very end of the film. She acts and looks like a ghost or better yet a demon with her facial expressions. Despite being a prisoner and constantly being betrayed she possesses an inner strength that keeps her going.<br /><br />There are some comedic moments as well such as when Matsu attacks the warden while a government official is visiting making him pee his pants.<br /><br />Overall, I wasn’t expecting much from this film when it first started but it actually turned out to be quite exceptional. Unlike the first in the Scorpion series this one moves past just being pure exploitation. The prisoners' journey is the focus so it's really a woman's film. It deals with their past and the hopes that will allow them to be free.<br />C
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