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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007): Cast, Box Office & Plot

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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman is a 2007 horror film directed by Koji Shiraishi, starring Haruhiko Kato as Noboru Matsuzaki, Rie Kuwana and Chiharu Kawai. It runs 1 hour 30 minutes and earned $189,229 worldwide.

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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 30m (90 min)
Director
Koji Shiraishi
Genre
Horror
Original language
Japanese
After the credits
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The story

What Is Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman About?

The premise of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Legend says that three decades ago a suburban town was haunted by a disfigured woman’s spirit. Clad in a long coat and bearing large scissors, she stalks the streets, removing a mask from her young victims and asking, “Am I pretty?” Their answer almost always seals their violent death, leaving the community in terror.

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Themes & Keywords

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  • son murders mother
  • earthquake
  • child in jeopardy
  • kuchisakeonna
  • children
  • town
  • slasher horror
  • body horror
  • spirit
  • urban legend
  • japan
  • possession
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  • ghost
  • part of trilogy
  • first part
  • first of trilogy
  • first of series
  • child abuse
  • asian horror
  • abusive mother
  • abuse
  • torture
  • flashback
  • fight
  • brutality
  • cut arm
  • boy
  • writing in blood
  • white dress
  • watching tv
  • violence
  • trenchcoat
  • torture of child
  • tied up
  • tied to a post
  • throat slit
  • threatened with a knife
  • strangulation
  • stabbed in the neck
  • stabbed in the face
  • stabbed in the chest
  • slaughter
  • slashing
  • slapped in the face
  • sickle
  • severed head
  • severed hand
  • scissors
  • stabbed with scissors
  • school
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Cast & crew

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Cast & Characters

Haruhiko Kato leads the cast as Noboru Matsuzaki, with Rie Kuwana as Mika Sasaki and Chiharu Kawai as Mayumi Sasaki. Directed by Koji Shiraishi; 19 actors are credited in all.

Also Starring in Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman

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From the director

More from Koji Shiraishi

More films directed by Koji Shiraishi: KINKI, House of Sayuri, A Beast in Love and Hell Girl.

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Plot

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Plot Summary

What happens in Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

Haruhiko Kato as Noboru Matsuzaki, an elementary school teacher, finds himself drawn into a town-wide fear when stories of Kuchisake-onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, spread like wildfire. An earthquake cracks open an abandoned house and a corpse matching the entity’s description emerges from a closet, setting off a chain of eerie happenings. Noboru hears a chilling voice in the air, repeatedly asking, > “Am I pretty?” and the terror intensifies as, at a playground, a boy who had gone searching for the spirit with friends is suddenly grabbed by the entity.

Full summary

The whole story of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman, scene by scene

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Box office

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Box Office

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman grossed $189,229 worldwide.

2007 box office

Worldwide gross

$189.2K

International
$189.2K
Videos

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Trailers & Videos

The trailer of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman.

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Quiz

How Well Do You Know Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman?

10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.

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What is the name of the legendary ghost that haunts the town in the film?

Details

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Also Known As

10 alternative titles, including “A Slit-Mouthed Woman” and “Kuchisake-onna”.

Also known as
  • A Slit-Mouthed Woman
  • Kuchisake-onna
  • Carved - The Slit Mouthed Woman
  • A felmetszett szájú nő
  • Женщина с разрезанным ртом
  • Kobieta o rozciętych ustach
  • 나고야 살인사건
  • Kuchisake Onna
  • 裂口女
  • สาวปากฉีก

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FAQ

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman FAQ: Cast & Box Office

Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman?

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman runs 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes).

When was Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman released?

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman was released on March 16, 2007.

Who directed Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman?

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman was directed by Koji Shiraishi.

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Who is in the cast of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman?

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman stars Haruhiko Kato as Noboru Matsuzaki, Rie Kuwana as Mika Sasaki and Chiharu Kawai as Mayumi Sasaki, among 19 credited actors.

How much did Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman make at the box office?

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman grossed $189,229 worldwide.

Does Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman have a post-credit scene?

No. Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman has no extra scene during or after the credits.

What language is Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman in?

The original language of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman is Japanese.

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