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Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the Kuchisake-onna legend as having roots dating back to Japan's Edo period, which spanned from the 17th to 19th centuries [1] but Japanese literature professor Iikura Yoshiyuki believes it dates from the 1970s. [3] In print, the legend of Kuchisake-onna dates back to at least as early as 1979.
Mieruko-chan (見える子ちゃん, "The Girl Who Can See Them") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoki Izumi. It began serialization online via Kadokawa's ComicWalker website in November 2018, with eleven tankōbon volumes released so far.
Soei Shinsha, Japan Home Video, Studio88, D.A.S.T. Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen: OVA 1990 Soei Shinsha, Japan Home Video, Studio88 Wasurenagumo: TV special 2011 JA Wicked City: Movie 1987 JA/EN Uzumaki: Mini-series 2022 Production I.G. JA/EN Zombie Land Saga: ゾンビランドサガ, Hepburn: Zonbi Rando Saga TV 2023 MAPPA, Avex Pictures and ...
An artist's depiction of Teke Teke. Teke Teke (テケテケ), [1] also spelled Teke-Teke, [2] Teketeke, [3] or Teke teke, [1] is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl, where her body was split in half by a train after she had become stuck.
Several years later, a young girl named Allison transfers the curse to Chicago. [7] Kayako starts haunting an apartment building which leads to her sister, Naoko, trying to stop her. Kayako does not attempt to attack or kill Naoko, but the spirit of her murderous husband does, and Naoko is killed in an even more violent fashion than her sister.
Gegege no Kitaro is the only somewhat child-friendly horror anime on this list, and has a young boy named Kitaro teaming up with a host of strange creatures – like a mummified eyeball, a cat ...
According to legend, Hanako-san is the spirit of a young girl who haunts school toilets, and can be described as a yōkai or a yūrei. [1] [2] The details of her physical appearance vary across different sources, but she is commonly described as having a bobbed haircut and as wearing a red skirt or dress.
In his book Flowers from Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Film, author Jim Harper writes: "Although it's difficult to imagine American or European parents allowing their offspring to watch a film in which young children are terrorized by a serial killer, Toire no Hanako-san is easily the best of the Japanese horror movies aimed at pre-teen audiences."