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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat
1991 1h 33m JA
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9.5
MASTERPIECE
★9.5TMDB · 2
Action
Synopsis
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A formidable assassin is charged by a warden to infiltrate a women's prison to kill the one that took his eye with a knife carved from a spoon: a woman known within the prison walls as The Scorpion.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Natsuki Okamoto
Naoko Amihama
Kaoru Matsumoto
Junko Miyashita
Yûko Mizushima
Mineko Nishikawa
Minori Terada
Kenji Imai
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Toshiharu Ikeda
- Writers
- Toshiharu Ikeda, Fumio Kōnami
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda, shot by Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Yoshiyuki Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Natsuki Okamoto and Naoko Amihama and Kaoru Matsumoto carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0175141 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Toshiharu Ikeda directs. Shōhei Andō behind the camera. Yoshiyuki Abe cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda, shot by Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Yoshiyuki Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Natsuki Okamoto and Naoko Amihama and Kaoru Matsumoto carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0175141 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Shōhei Andō
- Editing
- Yoshiyuki Abe
- Runtime
- 93 min · 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Production companies
Who made it
Toei Video Company
JP
Key crew
- Comic BookToru Shinohara
- Assistant DirectorYodai Watanabe
- EditorYoshiyuki Abe
- Art DirectionHidemitsu Yamazaki
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1991-05-17
Also known as
International titles
- 女囚さそり 殺人予告JP
- Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death ThreatUS
- Joshuu sasori: Satsujin yokokuJP
