Tooru Shinohara

Shunya Ito directed this unusual women's prison film which spawned three direct sequels and a pair of spin-offs... (Amazon.ca)

Matsu, known to the prisoners as Scorpian, is locked away in the bowels of the prison as revenge for disrupting the smooth operation of the prison and for her disfiguring attack on the warden... (imdb)

Following her successful prison break at the end of Joshu Sasori Dai 41 Zakkyobou, Scorpion (Meiko Kaji) begins this third episode in the series hiding in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover. Torture follows, as the madam's lover was a member of the Yakuza, and his thuggish cohorts frame Scorpion and get her re-arrested... (All Movie Guide)

Scorpion (Kaji) escapes from jail and finds a haven with an ex-college classmate, who now works backstage at a stripclub. Scorpion tells him about her unfortunate adventures, later conspiring with him to finally expose her ex-boyfriend, the crooked vice cop whose attempted murder had resulted in her initial arrest. (All Movie Guide)

Yumi Takigawa replaced popular actress-singer Meiko Kaji in this first of two spin-offs of the series begun with Joshu 701-go Sasori (1972). In this installment, Scorpion/Nami (Takigawa) is out for revenge when her sister is murdered by a corrupt politician. She gets it, and -- not surprisingly to followers of the series -- is arrested and sent back to jail. Takigawa is miscast in the part, with an overbearing effervescence which seems completely out of place. (allrovi.com)

Two mismatched policewomen are assigned to guard and observe a released prisoner who has connections with a women-only gang who are suspected of counterfeiting. Okay, pardon me if I'm confused. What the IMDB says is the plot for Metropolitan Police Branch 82 is actually Tokyo Blue: Case 1. (girlswithguns.org) (imdb)

A special agent of the Tokyo Police has been given the assignment of assassinating a group of crime bosses. Soon afterwards, she encounters the hitman the crime bosses have sent to kill her... (imdb)

A gang of young thieves try to rob a mob boss, but their heist is interrupted by an officer of the Tokyo Police Department's elite Zero Division. They get away with the loot, but the ... (imdb)

In this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police Department's secret Zero Division, has been assigned to take out a notorious gangster responsible for dozens of murders. At the same time, she must protect the gangster's mistress from the hitmen who want to keep her from telling the police what she knows. At first, both women are upset about the arrangement, but they eventually come to appreciate each other. (imdb)

A famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and ... (imdb)

Rei Is Sent On A Mission To Investigate Kayama, The Main Channelto The Outside For Dirty Cops Selling Confiscated Drugs Andguns. But As The Theory Goes, Like Attracts Like, And Rei Findsa Soulmate In Her Target, A Man, Like Her, Who Does Not Really exist. (Amazon)

Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay bar looking for johns. After he gets ... (imdb)

Rei was the Zero Department's deadliest killer, but her skills made her a threat. Now, this sleek and sexy assassin has been marked for death by a rival organization. Once the hunter, she has now become...the hunted. (Amazon)

A mysterious female spy is recruited to infiltrate the Japanese underworld and gather evidence for a clandestine branch of the Tokyo Police Department. Division Zero has been charged with bringing some of Japan's most powerful criminals to justice. The organization is so secretive that few people - even within the police department - know it exists. Rei is the only female member on the force, and she'll do whatever it takes to get her man. (Amazon)

The very hot Rei is Zero Woman, a special operative of the Zero Section. She is highly trained in both hand to hand combat and firearms use. With her equally beautiful sidekick Sara she must stop a terrorist organization who have developed the deadliest virus in human history and are threatening to release it on the population of Tokyo. (coolawesomemovies.com)

A woman is searching the persons responsible for kidnapping her younger sister. Ever since her disappearance, she's kept it in the back of her mind. Her past comes back to haunt her one day when a patient is admitted into the hospital where she just happens to work. The patient brags to her that he was involved in her sister's kidnapping and tells her there's nothing she could do about it. She snaps and takes care of his loud mouth. For her crimes she's sent to a women's prison. (wipfilms.net)

Nami Matsushima has escaped from the prison to which she was sentenced in Scorpion, but is now obsessed with tracking down the-don't laugh-one-armed man who murdered her younger sister fifteen years ago. Nami is certainly no great action heroine, and the plot at times makes little sense, climaxing with a coincidence more ridiculous than any Shakespeare ever used. For complicated reasons, Nami uses her medical knowledge to break into a women's prison as staff physician... (cat3movie.us)

You know where you stand with this film inside five minutes, from the moment policewoman heroine Mika Hino (Shiratori) is made to strip off by bad guys hunting for a key -- which she naturally is keeping in her lingerie. Mind you, this pales in comparison with where partner Rin Kakura (Kuribayashi) hides her gun... (imdb)

A pair of Tokyo policewomen who pack their own brand of "deadly weapons" do some serious undercover work as they take on the toughest cases the department has to offer in this steamy mix of cop action and softcore drama. (imdb)

Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch." When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him.

Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701 is sent to a Woman's Prison for attempted murder. Nami is brought into the Number 2 community cell, where suicides and unnatural deaths occur one after another. In the punishment cell, Nami begins to look back in her past. After dealing with her horrible experiences, Nami seeks to escape from prison. Who will survive?

Nami Matsushima is used as a spy by her first real boyfriend, a police detective named Sugimi, to investigate a drug smuggling ring. However, her role is discovered and she is raped by several drug dealers. It emerges that Sugimi was simply using Matsushima as a pretext to obtain a bribe from the Yakuza. Seeking revenge, Matsushima makes a failed attempt to stab Sugimi on the steps of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters.

A woman who, disguised as a beggar, turns out to be a formidable assassin, is charged by a warden to infiltrate a women's prison, to run the one that took his eye with a wooden spoon carved from a knife - a woman named Nami Matsushima, known within the walls under the nickname of Scorpion.

On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corrupt officials and cruel inmates to escape prison, only to search through the underbelly of Japanese society to find the man with a burn on his hand, ‘stinging’ anyone in her way.