Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

The third Female Prisoner Scorpion film was Shunya Itō’s last. Again he brought something completely new to the table; none of the entries so far are a simple rehash. The use of sound is as exciting as before, but by taking fewer avant-garde risks visually it lost its edge a little. It more closely resembles a straightforward escaped convict/detective drama, albeit one with incest, scalpel murders and a violent prostitution ring.
There’s a deep melancholy infused in both the environment and the Sasori character; she seems lost when she has no one to outwardly hate.

3 useful prison skills out of 5