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· 1987

Women in Heat Behind Bars

Junichi Suzuki
prison exploitation wrongful imprisonment female incarceration institutional abuse survival
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Synopsis

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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