Lady Snowblood + Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

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DIRECTED BY Toshiya Fujita, Shun'ya Itô

WRITTEN BY Norio Osada, Shun'ya Itô, Fumio Kônami, Hirô Matsuda

STARRING Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Fumio Watanabe, Yukie Kagawa

Double featuring screening

Featuring a post-film Q&A with Actor Meiko Kaji following LADY SNOWBLOOD

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 introduced by Actor Meiko Kaji

LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973, 97 mins, DCP)

Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning *Lady Snowblood.* A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s *Kill Bill* saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 (1972, 90 mins, 35mm)

The four-film Female Prisoner Scorpion cycle charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima (Meiko Kaji, LADY SNOWBLOOD), who becomes an avatar of survival and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world. Spiritually akin to MS. 45, COFFY, and THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 (the second film in the series) finds Nami continuing her quest for dark vengeance and becomes an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world. Featuring stunning pop-art compositions and ultra-violent outbursts, it’s easy to see why these movies were a direct inspiration for Uma Thurman’s character of “The Bride” in Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL. \[Credit: AGFA\]

Country of Origin Japan

Language Japanese

Subtitle Language English

Run Time 187 min

Genres Action, Thriller

Assisted Listening Limited Availability

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