:Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable
{{Infobox film
| name = Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable
| image = Female Convict Scorpion- Beast Stable.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Japanese film poster
| native_name =
| director = Shunya Itō{{Cite AV media notes
| title =Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection
| year = 2016
| page = 9
| type =book
| publisher = Arrow Video
| ID = FCD1338/AV060
}}
| based_on = {{based on|Scorpion|Tōru Shinohara}}
| starring = {{plainlist|*Meiko Kaji
| music = Shunsuke Kikuchi
| cinematography = Masao Shimizu
| studio = Toei Company
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1973|7|29|Japan}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable|女囚さそり けもの部屋|Joshū Sasori - Kemono Beya}} is a film made by Toei Company in 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=19905|title=女囚さそり けもの部屋|publisher=Kinema Junpo|access-date=27 December 2020}}
It is the third in the Female Convict Scorpion series, following Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (both 1972). The star (Meiko Kaji) and director (Shunya Itō) were paired in all three.
Plot
Matsushima is outside the prison and on the run from the police, wanted for breaking out of prison and murder. On her trail is detective Kondo. She takes refuge with a woman who has a brother with a mental disability. After the brother attempts to sexually assault Matsushima, she cuts him with a knife as a warning. The woman ultimately reveals her brother frequently takes advantage of her. Both the police and an ex-prison mate of Matsushima's pursue her.
Cast
- Meiko Kaji as Nami Matsushima, the Scorpion
- Mikio Narita as Detective Kondo
- Reisen Lee as Katsu
- Yayoi Watanabe as Yuki
- Kōji Nanbara as Sameshima
- Takashi Fujiki as Tanida
- Tomoko Mayama as Shinobu
Release
Notes
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Sources
- {{cite web|first=Jules |last=Carrozza |url=http://www.pinky-violence.com/female_prisoner_scorpion_beast_stable_1973.html |title=Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) |year=2007 |access-date=2007-12-02 |work=Panik House Entertainment |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216112337/http://www.pinky-violence.com/female_prisoner_scorpion_beast_stable_1973.html |archive-date=December 16, 2008 }}
- {{cite book|last=Itō|first=Shunya|authorlink=Shunya Ito|year=2006|title=Female prisoner #701 Scorpion Collection|publisher=Tokyo Shock|language=Japanese, English|isbn=1-59883-090-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002250.htm|title=女囚さそり けもの部屋 (Joshū Sasori - Kemono Beya)|access-date=2007-12-02|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
- {{cite book |last=Thompson|first=Nathaniel|title=DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD |volume=3|year=2006|publisher=FAB Press|location=Godalming, England|isbn=1-903254-40-X|pages=211–212}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0226875}}
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{{Shunya Itō}}
Category:1973 crime thriller films
Category:Female Convict Scorpion series
Category:Live-action films based on manga
Category:Films directed by Shunya Itō
Category:1970s Japanese-language films
Category:Women in prison films
Category:Japanese prison films
Category:1970s prison drama films
Category:Films scored by Shunsuke Kikuchi
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