Japan Synopsis
女囚７０１号さそり
“A woman betrayed and imprisoned. A mission of vengeance.”
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Crime + Thriller in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1971–1973 Japan Window
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion holds position #21 of 62 Japan films in the 1971–1973 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1972.
The 377th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
131 audience reviews — more than 80% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (80th percentile) outruns trending popularity (59th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,936 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #128 of 402 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | August 25, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0226872 |