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Carved

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Carved

Japanese flyer
Directed by Koji Shiraishi
Produced by Kayako Hanamura
Hirokazu Kokago
Takafumi Ohashi
Saori Yabe
Written by Koji Shiraishi
Naoyuki Yokota
Music by Gen Wano
Chika Fujino
Cinematography Shozo Morishita
Distributed by Tornado Film
Released March 17, 2007
Running time 90 min.
Followed by Carved 2
Official website
IMDb profile
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Carved (口裂け女 Kuchisake Onna, lit. A Slit-Mouthed Woman) is a 2007 Japanese horror film based on an urban legend involving a murderous woman in a surgical mask whose mouth has been cut open from ear to ear.

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[edit] Plot

Thirty years after the legend of Kuchisake Onna first started, rumors start to fly amongst schoolchildren that the disfigured woman wearing a surgical mask is back to kidnap children and bring her back to her lair where she cuts their faces from ear to ear. Amidst the rumors she actually does return and begins abducting children. Schoolteacher Matsuzaki seems to know about the woman and searches for her with the help of Yamashita, a fellow schoolteacher who was with one of the children when she was abducted.

[edit] Original Urban Legend

According to the legend the Kuchisake Onna was mutilated by her jealous husband hundreds of years ago and now wanders around on foggy nights wearing a surgical mask. She asks a person if they think she's pretty. If they attempt to run she chases them down and kills them on their doorstep. In one variation of the legend she leaves you alone if you give a neutral answer to her question, such as "You look average."

[edit] Cast

[edit] External links

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