Video: Severed Mouth Woman
One of the cooler things about summer in Japan is the centuries-old tradition of swapping ghost stories. Some argue that the fear induced by a spine-chilling story can actually lower one’s body temperature, making it a great way to deal with the summer heat. With this in mind as the summer heat sets in, here is “Severed Mouth Woman,” a video produced by Buildup as part of their Bizarre Creatures of Japan series.
The video recounts the well-known story of the severed-mouth woman (kuchisake-onna), a malicious blade-wielding lady with a slit mouth (which she keeps hidden behind a surgical mask) who is bent on cutting open the mouths of strangers. Apparently a modern interpretation of an old Heian period legend, this tale sparked a mass panic in Japan in the late ’70s and early ’80s, as news reports circulated about a slit-mouthed woman terrorizing neighborhoods across the country. In this video, produced more than two decades after the hysteria passed, a former coroner comes forward with details about the severed-mouth woman’s identity. Using old skeletal records, her head is reconstructed here.
Enjoy, stay cool and… Brylcreem, Brylcreem, Brylcreem!
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She looks kinda friendly. :)
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…I’m so going to have nightmares. ;_;
Kuchisake-onna (I think the proper translation would be “mouth-slit woman”) used to freak me out so much when I was a kid!
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hey ! this lady was the inspiration for the new Jocker !
watch the pics of the gay cowboy dress as the jocker
I must be save! For I DO use brylcreem! :D
God. So I’ve been skipping to ends of videos ever since I got fooled by one of those scary-face-and-loud-noise-surprise videos, and in this one I’m watching the beginning half, and going “oh, that’s kinda creepy I guess.” But then I skip to the end and it’s just like AHHH there’s this head with the slit-mouth and I’m thinking “Is it real? Is it real?” Gee whiz I guess I just created a nightmare for myself.
damn im gonna have nightmares