SCORPIO QUADRILOGY

CONTAINS ALL 4 FILMS WITH MEIKO KAJI
• Joshû 701-gô: Sasori / The Scorpion Woman / 1h27 / 1973
• Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô / Her name was Scorpion / 1h29 / 1973
• Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya / The Beast's Lair / 1h27 / 1973
• Joshuu sasori: 701-gô urami-bushi / Melody of Grudge / 1h28 / 1974
• 4 BLU-RAY – 1920x1080/23,976p
• Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
• French subtitles

ABOUT THE FILMS : Her name is Nami Matsushima, but those who know her call her… Scorpion! This beautiful young woman, though fragile in appearance, is actually a formidable killer whose crimes are motivated by revenge. Betrayed by Sugimi, her lover, a corrupt cop, while she was serving as an informant in a nightclub run by a yakuza clan, Nami is arrested by the police before she can kill Sugimi. Transferred to a maximum security prison, she will experience the worst humiliations and torture, both from the guards and the inmates. From then on, Nami will have only one thing in mind: escape… and then revenge!

The Scorpion Woman is one of the most popular sagas of Japanese cinema of the 70s, mixing “pinku eiga” and “rape and revenge”. Embodying Scorpion, with physical and mental abilities inherited from ninjutsu in the first four parts of this hexalogy, Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood) became a true icon, on the same level as Reiko Ike (Sex and Fury) or Junko Fuji (The Red Peony).

Mysterious, mute, and endowed with an unfailing survival instinct, Scorpion (Sasori in Japanese) will build her reputation through her multiple prison escapes, an extraordinary willpower, and an incredible combat skill. Throughout the four films of this saga, you will discover the extent of the powers of this extraordinary heroine, thanks to this magnificent box set paying homage to the aesthetic of the images with inventive framing and bright colors inherited from pop culture.
Certainly, Scorpion remains one of the emblematic characters of exploitation cinema today.

BONUS :
• MELODY KAJI directed by Yves Montmayeur (24 mins)
• MEIKO by Clément Rauger (1h11)
• SHUN'YA ITO by Julien Sévéon (41 mins)
• THE SECOND KNIVES by Fathi Beddiar (35 mins)
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