The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

An actress who appears next to the likes of Pam Grier on Quentin Tarantino’s Mount Everest of female action stars, Meiko Kaji is best known for her roles in Lady Snowblood, Female Prisoner #701: ...

This 1973 film has only recently been released in the U.S. Stunningly photographed and incredibly violent, Female Convict Scorpion is one of the most brutal and rousing woman-in-prison pictures ever ...

Japanese actor Meiko Kaji is an icon of genre cinema. Starring in over 100 films throughout her decades-long career, she was the face of films like Lady Snowblood and Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion.