U.K.-based The Salvation Group Limited is scheduled to release Takaaki Hashiguchi's The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Kannô byôtô: nureta akai kuchibiru) - a.k.a. "Kuchisake" - on DVD in the U.S. on October 30th, under its Sacrament USA label. Shin-Tôhô Eiga K.K. and Kokuei K.K. released the movie in the pink cinema circuit in Japan on January 28, 2005, under the title "Kannô byôtô: nureta akai kuchibiru". Inter Film Y.K. released it at the Uplink X in Tokyo on September 7, 2005, and on sale DVD (IFD-045) in Japan on March 3rd of last year; both of those releases were under the title "Kuchisake".

The Slit-Mouthed Woman stars Mayu Asada, Minami Aoyama, Lemon Hanazawa (Hanazawa Remon), Kyôko Kazama, Hotaru Hazuki (Haduki Hotaru), Azusa Sakai, Kikujirô Honda, Mikiya Sanada, Taishi Takemoto, Mikio Satô, Takeshi Itô, and Shûji Ôtsuki. Takashi Oda was responsible for the movie's special make-up effects.

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Not to be confused with 2007's straight horror - Kôji Shiraishi's "Carved" a.k.a. "The Slit-Mouthed Woman" which I just watched and found to be pretty riveting. It's compelling stuff and not for the feint-hearted as it pulls no punches in it's depiction of child beating and parental responsibility. The only flaw for me - undermining as it did all the emotional build up and catharsis - was the stupid final "twist" that seems to ruin many a modern movie.

Victor