New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1976 · 88 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Yutaka Kohira

Starring

Toshie Negishi, Ichirô Nakatani, Nobuo Kaneko, Yoshifumi Tajima, Nenji Kobayashi, Chie Kobayashi

Focused on Nami Matsushima, the film follows her desperate search for a missing sister. Her involvement leads to a false murder charge and a fifteen‑year sentence, landing her in an all‑women prison where she is shunned. Fellow inmates torture, humiliate and attempt to kill her, yet the “Scorpion” endures, ultimately securing a measure of justice.