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- Movie: A Slit-Mouthed Woman / Carved
- Japanese: Kuchisake-onna / 口裂け女
- Director: Koji Shiraishi
- Producer:
- Writer: Koji Shiraishi, Naoyuki Yokota
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: March 17, 2007 (Japan)
- Runtime: 90 Min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Thirty years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose beautiful face had been grotesquely disfigured by a jealous husband. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and surgical mask, the spirit would approach young victims and, while removing her mask, ask “Am I pretty?” The victim’s response would almost always lead to their violent death. Now, one by one, children are disappearing again. As teachers and officials desperately begin to investigate, a panic begins to build as the woman’s spirit returns for some unfinished business and the town's dark secrets are exposed.
Notes
- Based on an authentic piece of Japanese folk-lore, the ‘kuchisake-onna,’ about a woman disfigured by her jealous husband, and who then goes around asking strangers if they think she is beautiful.
- Related titles:
- Carved (2007)
- Carved 2 (2008)
- The Slit-Mouthed Woman 0: The Beginning (2008)
Cast
- Eriko Sato - Kyoko Yamashita
- Haruhiko Kato - Noboru Matsuzaki
- Miki Mizuno - Taeko Matsuzaki
- Chiharu Kawai - Mayumi Sasaki
- Rie Kuwana - Mika Sasaki
- Kazuyuki Matsuzawa - Hideo Tamura
- Kaori Sakagami - Saori Tamura
- Ryoko Takizawa - Kazuko Yoshida
- Yurei Yanagi - Detective Kubo
- Saaya Irie - Shiho Nakajima
- Shunta Watanabe
- Manami Hisamoto
- Kazuya Nakajima
- Mei Tanaka
- Aoi Shimoyama
- Yuya Kawamura - Tetta Kamikawa
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Tricia-chan Says:
Nov 09 2011 8:33 am
@Seth It's called "Garasu no Hitomi", and it's by I-lulu. :3 It's not on Youtube, however. I have uploaded it once, but Youtube took it down immediately, so... meh.
Seth Says:
Aug 03 2011 3:48 pm
I liked this movie, but whats the name of the song played during the credits?
Zee Says:
May 28 2010 10:19 am
I really liiked this movie. Some parts hardly made sense, but I would totally say that the Kuchisake-onna movie is fantastic. I wish I could've said the same for its sequel. Miki Mizuno was amazing!!!
Douglas Says:
Feb 27 2009 11:47 pm
Review
When a film such as “A Slit-Mouthed Woman” opens with the local town folk each describing their own interpretation of the urban legend of the “women with the slit mouth”, one begins to wonder the true authenticity of the tale. What lends to their credibility is the fact that during the 1970’s, there was actually an urban legend in Japan that chronicles the actuality of a slit mouth women that supposedly terrorized the local populace. Director Koji Shiraishi latest film surrounds the reemergence of this horrific urban legend—in which the legend becomes reality.
School teachers Kyoko Yamashita (Eriko Sato) and Noboru Matsuzaki (Haruhiko Kato) are seriously concerned about their students. This stems from the awkward disappearance of a young boy from their school, in which eyewitnesses describe the kidnapper as a “women wearing a mask, trench coat, and wielding scissors in her hand”. This of course arouses the local populace, thus bringing about the urban legend of the “slit mouthed woman”. When more children start disappearing amidst the frantic rush to find the culprit, and with Kyoko unexpectedly confronting the urban legend face to face, the reality of the slit-mouthed woman surfaces. With this knowledge relevant to Kyoko, she teams up with Noboru to stop the slit-mouthed women from taking any more victims.
“A Slit-Mouthed Woman” is surprisingly a well-crafted horror film. There is a realistic notion throughout the entire film that lends it an unnerving sense of dread that heightens towards it climax. It’s the films realistic nature that creates some of the films most disheartening scenes—there are instances within the film of child abuse, murder, and kidnappings—which all seem graphically real. The antagonist of the film—the slit-mouthed woman—is a heartless abomination that seems bent on devastating the lives of young children. Perhaps it’s the films abundant usage of child endangerment that gives it an unconventional presence, thus submerging itself into a realm of taboo subjects that provides the films eerie atmosphere.
And while the viewer does receive ample displeasure (or enjoyment for some) from its settings, the film does deliver a substantial amount of character development to ease the thought-provoking horror aficionado’s nerves just a little. We are given back story to the suppose origins of the slit-mouthed woman, as well backdrops for Kyoko and specifically Noboru. This gives the film a great environment in which the viewer can become absorbed into its morbid and frightening atmosphere.
“A Slit-Mouthed Woman” does indeed provides the scares for individuals who are looking for them, but some might be turned off due to the films graphic depiction of child death. Overall though, the film gives viewers a realistic and unsentimental look into the terrifying urban legend that is “the slit-mouthed woman” and those willing to find a j-horror film that doesn’t follow the rest of the pack, a “A Slit-Mouthed Woman” is one that definitely stands above the current competition. A definite recommendation.