The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Japanese:口裂け女, Kuchisake-Onna ), is a demonic spirit from a Japanese urban legend of the same name. She is recognizable by her horrendous slit mouth and her character is presumed to be based from older Japanese mythological beings.
~ The Slit-Mouthed Woman to anyone she encounters. The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Japanese:口裂け女, Kuchisake-Onna ), is a demonic spirit from a Japanese urban legend of the same name. She is recognizable by her horrendous slit mouth and her character is presumed to be based from older Japanese mythological beings.
She is recognizable by her horrendous slit mouth and her character is presumed to be based from older Japanese mythological beings. In the Carved series, she was portrayed by Miki Mizuno in Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman and Rin Asuka in Carved 2: The Scissors Massacre.
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She was friends her crush named Seiji Moriyama, who gives Mayumi his jacket as a memento. However on one fateful night, Mayumi is attacked by her sister's, Sachiko, ex-boyfriend, who is in a jealous rage over Sachiko marrying another man, although he mistakenly attacks Mayumi instead of Sachiko, who is in Tokyo.
She is recognizable by her horrendous slit mouth and her character is presumed to be based from older Japanese mythological beings. In the 2007 movie, she was portrayed by Miki Mizuno, in the 2008 sequelm she is portrayed by Rin Asuka, and in the 2012 movie, Kuchisake onna Returns, she is portrayed by an unknown actress.
The movie then ends with a boy staring at her in fear, and then she approaches him. It's revealed she killed 13 people in total, and injured 53, never to be heard from again.
After the attack, Mayumi starts to exhibit traits of psychosis and insanity. With her fellow students spreading rumors and referring to her as mutant girl, she covers her face with a cloth mask. She starts to hallucinate, seeing a woman in a red coat, at first frightening her.
Not finished however, the ex-boyfriend proceeds to murder Mayumi's mother, before finally being shot by the father. Mayumi survives the attack, but was attacked with sulfuric acid, disfiguring her face. After the attack, Mayumi starts to exhibit traits of psychosis and insanity.
Kuchisake-Onna takes the form as an evil alter-ego to a school girl named Mayumi Sawada, and then later fully on possessing her. Before this, Mayumi lived on a farm with her parents, who ran a successful farming business. She was friends her crush named Seiji Moriyama, who gives Mayumi his jacket as a memento. However on one fateful night, Mayumi is attacked by her sister's, Sachiko, ex-boyfriend, who is in a jealous rage over Sachiko marrying another man, although he mistakenly attacks Mayumi instead of Sachiko, who is in Tokyo. Not finished however, the ex-boyfriend proceeds to murder Mayumi's mother, before finally being shot by the father. Mayumi survives the attack, but was attacked with sulfuric acid, disfiguring her face.
Later in the movie, Mayumi's two close friends were murdered by a woman in a red coat. Shortly after their funerals, Seiji meets Mayumi for one last time, telling her the truth about seeing someone else. Shortly after, the same woman in red, kills Seiji by stabbing him to death.
Another popular movie based on her is Carved. In 2007 a man found a newspaper article dating back to the late 70s about a woman who was chasing some kids, she was hit by a truck and when her body was examined her mouth was torn from ear to ear.
Kuchisake-onna like many other ghosts in Gakkou no Kaidan were based on Japanese folklore and urban legends. Kuchisake-onna was popularized as an urban legend in the late 70s. Kuchisake onna was so popular in Japan she spawned a whole movie series and made cameos in other movies. Another popular movie based on her is Carved.
and then takes off her mask revealing her slit mouth. Kuchisake-onna appears in the Gakkou no Kaidan SP anime as one of the ghost hosts. Here, she always wears the medical mask.
Kuchisake-Onna (口裂け女 literally Mouth-Slitted Woman) is a recurring ghost of the Gakkou no Kaidan series, appearing in the 1995 movie , and in the Gakkou no Kaidan SP anime shorts. According to one of many versions of the legend, during the Edo period of Japan there once lived a beautiful woman who was somewhat vain and self centered.