This is the second episode (considered to be the best) in this excellent series, maybe the best ever example of a Women in Prison motion picture. Once again, Meiko Kaji is back as Sasori, this time focusing her revenge on the corrupt and abusive prison administrator and guards, the action taking place roughly one year after the events of the first film. After numerous and punishing mistreatments, her heroine escapes with some other female inmates, the latter not very trusting of her at first. Can their bid for freedom remain a realistic goal?

The script is sometimes an excuse for the staging of elaborate and colorful surreal moments, particularly some flashback sequences focusing on the fugitives’ guilty past. Note that Sasori has only three lines of dialogue, but Meiko principally acts with her eyes in the most uncanny manner, conveying diverse emotions in a way that borders on the supernatural. In the finale, when clothed with her wide hat and long black coat, she looks like the ultimate angel of death. Beware her retribution! She even makes a simple spoon a deadly weapon…

Here are some key images of the film, that can’t be recommended enough:

Next in line will be Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable.