Movies Like New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
If you liked New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976), a thriller and drama movie directed by Yutaka Kohira, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerAfter being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
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The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerWhen George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
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Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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Under the Open Sky (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaMikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies…
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaAgent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich…
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Himizu (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerTwo 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.
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Irezumi (1966)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerOtsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her…
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Taboo (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerSet during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a…
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Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
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Sin City (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also thrillerWelcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are…
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The Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and dramaHeavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…
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Lockdown (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerAvery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…
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Sucker Punch (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical…
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWhen Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…
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Papillon (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaHenri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis…
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Battle Royale (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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Kamui (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.