Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

xich_lo_vn · Jul 28, 2012

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
aka Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya
Genre: Pinku
Country: Japan | Director: Shunya Ito
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English (idx/sub files)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 87mn
Dvdrip H264 Avi - 704x304 - 23.976fps - 742mb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226875/

After escaping from Detective Kondo to whom she was handcuffed (by cutting of his arm and running through busy streets with a bloodied flailing arm attatched to her wrist!!!), Nami seeks temporary refuge in the dirt-floor shack of the young prostitute Yuki. Yuki's existence is indeed a difficult one, spent tending her brain damaged elder brother whom she must lock in the closet while out to keep him from committing trouble. Yuki's is the only kind face Nami encounters and the two soon form a rather gloomy bond. Utilizing skills she gained in prison, Nami finds employment as a seamstress and eventually moves to her own apartment. The horny yakuza thug downstairs soon has libidinous intentions, which inevitably lead to his painful demise. When the thug's bosses find Nami, they drug, torture and imprison her in retaliation. While being held, she witnesses a sadness which she can no longer contain, and soon detective Kondo's list of unsolved violent murders grows exponentially.

The third film in a cycle of incomparably brilliant Exploitation movies, and the third masterpiece in a row, "Joshuu Sasori: Kemono-beya" aka. "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable" (aka. "Sasori: Den Of The Beast" where I live) of 1973 is a film that differs from its predecessors in some aspects, but that equals (or arguably even surpasses) them in brilliance. The entire original Sasori series with the wonderful Meiko Kaji stands out as the absolute highlight in WIP cinema, and all of the films, especially the first three, uniquely combine Exploitation and Art-house cinema like no other movie does. "Beast Stable" is the third, and second-to-last "Sasori" film with Meiko Kaji, the last one to be directed by genius director Shunya Ito and, in my opinion, the greatest of them all. The first film "Joshuu 701-gô: Sasori" of 1972 is an absolute masterpiece of Exploitation cinema and simply THE Definition of Exploitation-Art. In the equally brilliant first sequel, "Joshuu Sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô" Ito added more surrealism and symbolism. The third "Sasori" film, "Beast Stable" keeps up the surrealism (allthough not quite to the same extent as the second), and features even more social criticism than its predecessors. Topics like poverty, forced prostitution and the exploitation of the poor are central themes of the movie.

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

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