Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
| Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman | |
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| Kuchisake-onna | |
| Directed by | Kōji Shiraishi |
| Written by | Kōji Shiraishi Naoyuki Yokota |
| Produced by | Saori Yabe Shuntarō Kanai Hirokazu Kokago Takafumi Ōhashi Kayako Hanamura Nobumasa Miyazawa Yoshimitsu Yoshitsuru |
| Starring | Eriko Sato Miki Mizuno Haruhiko Kato Kaori Sakagami |
| Cinematography | Shozo Morishita |
| Edited by | Shūichi Kakesu |
| Music by | Gen Wano Chika Fujino |
Production companies | Twin Co. Ltd. Tornado Film Memory Tech Earl Grey Film |
| Distributed by | Tornado Film Tartan Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (口裂け女, Kuchisake-onna) (also known as A Slit-Mouthed Woman) is a 2007 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Kōji Shiraishi and written by Shiraishi and Naoyuki Yokota. Based on the Japanese urban legend known as Kuchisake-onna, or "the Slit-Mouthed Woman", the film stars Eriko Sato as Kyōko Yamashita, a divorced mother and teacher who attempts to solve a series of child abduction cases with the help of her co-worker Noboru Matsuzaki, played by Haruhiko Kato.
The film was followed by a prequel, Carved 2: The Scissors Massacre, in 2008.
In 2016 a film titled Slit Mouth Woman in L.A. was released, but is unrelated to the series.