KUchisake-Onna

Kuchisake-Onna (“Slit-Mouth Woman”) refers to both a story in Japanese mythology, as well as a modern version of the tale of a woman, mutilated by a jealous husband, and returned as a malicious spirit bent on committing the same acts done to her.

Kuchisake-Onna is said to have lived hundreds of years ago and was the wife or concubine of a jealous Samurai. Kuchisake-Onna is said to have been extremely beautiful, and also very vain. Her husband the Samurai believed her to be unfaithful to him, and one night in a rage attacked Kuchisake-Onna, slashing her mouth from ear-to-ear screaming.