Kuchisake-onna (2007)

Director:

Kôji Shiraishi

Writers:

Kôji Shiraishi (writer)
Naoyuki Yokota (writer)

Release Date:

17 March 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Cast

Eriko Sato	...	Kyoko Yamashita
Haruhiko Katô	...	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
Yûrei Yanagi	...	Deective Kubo
Saaya	...	Shiho Nakajima

Also Known As:

A Slit-Mouthed Woman (International: English title)
Carved (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Japan:90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Earl Grey Film

Movie Connections:

Followed by Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008)

Average Asian horror that never fills in the blanks

Pretty average Asian Horror film that still seems to linger in the "long hair creepy woman" category but, the storyline is promising and the creep factor is there, (in small doses,thanks to makeup) but if you are not a fan of plot holes or unexplained elements, (which sometimes work in horror, IMO) then you will not enjoy this film. There is very little gore and what is there is usually in a "cut-away" scene (this is a film that would probably just get a pg-13 by American standards)-Overall the film just doesn't satisfy, absolutely no character development and not enough "suspense" to really make it an enjoyable film.