Yumi Was Sasori Too

While watching Sonny Chiba's fine martial arts film Karate Bull Fighter last night, I was reminded of just how extremely hot Yumi Takigawa was. Sort of like Charlie's Angels hot, with the thin eyebrows and high-waisted '70s slacks. And then of course there's her turn as the bad girl who takes on a whip-happy convent in School of the Holy Beast. That's a good time right there.

Wanting more, I reached for the internets. And what did I find? A scanned lobby card for 1976's Shin joshu sasori—701 go, that being New Female Convict Scorpion #701 in 英語. I had no idea Yumi Takigawa took on the role of Sasori after Meiko Kaji split for diminishing returns. Alas, Yumi-chan only donned the big black floppy hat once. But every night, she's Sasori in my dreams.