Women in Heat Behind Bars
1987 [JAPANESE]
Action / Crime / Thriller

Plot summary
Shinobu Himeno is arrested and thrown into Asahi Female Prison for being an unwilling accomplice in a jewelry store robbery. She’s to serve her sentence in the infamous Cell Block 21, a dismal area full of tough, sex-starved women. Himeno is bullied and abused by inmates and guards. After being framed for starting a fight, she is taken away and tied up. Can the shy Himeno ever escape this living hell?
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Solid Women in Prison entertainment!
Good WIP entry by Nikkatsu
Shinobu Himeno (Shinobu Wakana), gets thrown in the clink after a botched robbery and once there she suffers all the indignities that the other inmates and the guards throw at her. Pretty much a by the numbers WIP plot, it checks off all the boxes for this genre, sadistic warden and guards? Check! Convict on convict action? Check! Prison Riot? Check! And that old standby, body cavity searches? Check!(this one you gotta see)
At 69 mins, it moves at a good clip, never lagging, and keeps the sex scenes and degradations coming. Recommended for Nikkatsu aficionados and WIP fans in general.
The Impulse/Synapse disc looks good with a 1:85 transfer, and little else on the disc in the way of extras. This is number 26 of these releases. I've noticed that they've stopped including an insert/essay by Jasper Sharp.