Kuchisake-onna (2007)

A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.

Director:

Kôji Shiraishi

Writers:

Naoyuki Yokota, Kôji Shiraishi

Stars:

Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eriko Satô	...	Kyôko Yamashita
Haruhiko Katô	...	Noboru Matsuzaki
Chiharu Kawai	...	Mayumi Sasaki
Rie Kuwana	...	Mika Sasaki
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa	...	Hideo Tamura
Kaori Sakagami	...	Saori Tamura
Sakina Kuwae	...	Natsuki Tamura
Yûto Kawase	...	Masatoshi Kita
Rio Nakamura
Ryoko Takizawa	...	Kazuko Yoshida (as Ryôko Takizawa)
Saaya	...	Shiho Nakajima (as Sâya Iri'e)
Runa Okada
Rio Iguchi
Mei Tanaka	...	Yukiko Yoshida
Yui Matsuda

Storyline

A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.

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Plot Keywords:

son murders mother | spirit | urban legend | japan | possession | 

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Taglines:

Am I pretty?

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

17 March 2007 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Carved

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tornado Film,For-side.com,Twin Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on a Japanese legend in which a samurai's wife was caught cheating on him, and he slit her mouth open. The same woman roams foggy streets, with a surgical mask on, and asks people she encounters, "Am I beautiful?". If they say, "Yes" she removes her mask and says, "Even like this?", and then slits their mouth. If they say "No" she cuts them in half. If they say "Average", she will allow them to escape.

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Goofs

Towards the end of the film when Kyoko is possessed by the Slit-Mouthed Woman, she holds scissors up. In far shot we see her raise the scissors, but in a close up, she raises the scissors again.

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Connections

Followed by Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Garasu no hitomi
Music by Yoshimi Katayama
Lyrics by Kana Mizushima
Performed by I-lulu
Courtesy of For-Side Records

User Reviews

HorrorVixen is right, Great concept, lousy presentation (writing & acting)

When I moved to South Korea a few years back, I heard about the Red Mask urban legend and discovered this movie. Based on the urban legend I was really stoked to see this movie. Great concept but failed to deliver on everything. There were no scenes that made me jump out of my chair like "Paranormal Activity" or Blair Witch did.

What really upset me was the fact, the male school teacher helped in the hunt, but he was a girly man and the sliced mouth woman moved slow as molasses yet he got his butt whipped. An average man would have kicked her butt based on how slow she moved. There was also a scene where a boy sees his mother killed, yet he has no psychological trauma from the experience at all.

If you want to watch some good Japanese movies, watch the Ring or Battle Royale, The All Night series, watch anything else but this movie. You'll want 90 minutes of your life back after watching this movie