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Sensual Ward: Wet Red Lips (2005)
Directed by Takaaki Hashiguchi
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman is a striking example of Pink Cinema that mixes horror with eroticism in a way that is both unsettling and genuinely original. A young couple enter a hospital after rumours that a demonic spirit known as the slit mouthed woman had been seen there. Once inside, they are possessed by an overwhelming desire to have sex and sneak off into an empty room to satiate their lusts. Then out of the darkness a perverse and disfigured woman appears and confronts them.The Slit-Mouthed Woman, a.k.a Kuchisake, is an original hybrid of pink erotica and horror from the controversial J-sploitation director Takuaki Hashiguchi whose previous films include the disturbingly nasty Woman Prisoner Torture. The Slit-Mouthed Woman features impressive special make-up effects from Takashi Oda, who worked alongside the acclaimed actor/director Beat Takeshi Kitano on his Yakuza action film Sonatine.
Length 63 minutes
Actors
Takeshi Itô | Minami Aoyama | Mayu Asada | Lemon Hanazawa | Hotaru Hazuki | Kikujirô Honda | Kyôko Kazama | Azusa Sakai | Mikiya Sanada | Mikio Satô | Shûji Ôtsuki | Yasushi Takemoto | Tôru Morinaga
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/10/2013 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 4.5 stars |
| (Average) 4.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Pink eiga disguised as a horror film… or vice versa. This isn’t the first incarnation of the slit-mouthed woman as other films came before and followed like Shiraishi’s film of the same name (Carved), but I get the idea this horror legend was another attempt to create a Sadako female horror character.
This film is a very thinly veiled attempt at tackling this Kuchisake-onna legend while making a pink eiga. Neither works here even as they say the curse is passed by having sex. Yawn. The AV idols here are better elsewhere. I’d prefer to see the ghost without the added sex scenes. Just makes for an off-putting film. And for a hour long it feels twice as long. Not recommended.
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