#Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song

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FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: #701′S GRUDGE SONG (1973)

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Female Prisoner Scorpion – #701’s Grudge Song (1973) Yasuharu Hasebe, theatrical onesheet / movie poster design by Kellerman Design.

[emisaris]

女囚さそり 701号怨み節 / Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song (1973)

[brody75]

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

[gokaiju]

女囚さそり  ７０１号怨み節 (Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song) (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1973) Alternative poster by Gokaiju 4/4 

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song (Yasuharu Hasebe, Japan, 1973)

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song [1973]

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LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973) – Episode 172 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“You’ve made an unbreakable vow. In the name of vengeance, you must foreswear all human emotions, all love and hate, everything.” Your basic all-inclusive vow, then? Got it. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the major influence for Tarantino’s Kill Bill Duology, Lady Snowblood(1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 172 – Lady Snowblood (1973)

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Synopsis: A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Writers: Norio Osada (screenplay); Kazuo Kamimura (manga illustrator) & Kazuo Koike (manga writer)

Cinematographer: Masaki Tamura

Selected cast:

Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima (“Lady Snowblood”)

Mayumi Maemura as young Yuki

Kō Nishimura as Dōkai the priest

Toshio Kurosawa as Ryūrei Ashio

Masaaki Daimon as Gō Kashima

Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima

Eiji Okada as Gishirō Tsukamoto

Sanae Nakahara as Okono Kitahama

Noboru Nakaya as Banzō Takemura

Takeo Chii as Shokei Tokuichi

Hitoshi Takagi as Matsuemon

Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku

Yoshiko Nakada as Kobue Takemura

Rinichi Yamamoto as Maruyama

Lady Snowblood, the horror-adjacent inspiration for Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) & Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), is Jeff’s pick and he loves this movie, describing it as a visual feast with a non-traditional story structure incorporating Japanese culture and history. It is so much fun!

Seeing Lady Snowblood for the first time with excellent visual quality, Bill is completely absorbed in the film. He was already familiar with the lead actress, Meiko Kaji, from Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), which he also loved, and he loves her performance. It’s the kind of performance the viewer can read a lot into. He describes the character and Kaji’s performance as a female version of Clint Eastwood’s “man with no name.”

This is Doc’s first time watching Lady Snowblood and he falls in love with the movie. The simple story with an interesting structure, amazing sound effects, plenty of gore for the gorehounds out there, and the great screen presence of the lead actress all contribute to him cherishing every moment of Lady Snowblood.

You’ve probably guessed by now that the Decades of Horror 70s Grue Crew heartily recommend Lady Snowblood. At the time of this writing, it is available to stream from HBOmax, the Criterion Channel, and various PPV sources. In terms of physical media, it is available in The Complete Lady Snowblood (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], which also includes Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974). And if you are as infatuated with the acting of Meiko Kaji, you might want to check out her Female Prisoner series  – Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973), and Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song (1973) – all of which are currently available to stream from Shudder.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Bill, will be The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973. Ray Harryhausen, Caroline Munro, John Phillip Law, Takis Emmanuel, Tom Baker, Robert Shaw, and the usual assortment of stop-motion animation creatures? Oh yeah!

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

Check out this episode!

[albertserra]

Okay message to all meiko kaji fans and female prisoner scorpion watchers: do NOT watch 701’s grudge song ‼️‼️‼️

[ronnymerchant]

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: #701′S GRUDGE SONG (1973)

I really need to see this. I have no clue what it's about.

[emisaris]

女囚さそり 701号怨み節 / Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song (1973)

[brody75]

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

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Female Prisoner # 701: Scorpion

Original Title : Joshû 701-gô: Sasori

Cast : Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe

Writer : Fumio Kônami +2 more

Director : Shun'ya Itô

Year : 1972

Female Prisoner Scorpion Series Order : Female Prisoner # 701: Scorpion (1972); Jailhouse 41 (1972); Beast Stable (1973), #701’s Grudge Song (1973)

Synopsis : After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Country of Origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Rated : Not Rated

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

My Thoughts : Okay so I clicked on this while randomly flipping through a streaming platform because of the misleading poster and then I was sucked in. It is goofy and very 70’s but at the same time I was asking myself why I was still watching it all the way to the end then I sought out the sequels just to see what happened next. It’s the kind of film (series) that makes you want to look up old interviews just to see WHY it even exists at all.

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song 1973

Akiko Mori  and Meiko Kaji