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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. She is an onryō, or a vengeful spirit, who lurks in urban areas and roams train
Teketeke (テケテケ) is a 2009 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Kōji Shiraishi and written by Takeki Akimoto. [3] [4] Based on the Japanese urban legend known as Teke Teke, which concerns the vengeful ghost of a schoolgirl whose body was cut in half by a train, the film stars Yuko Oshima, Mami Yamasaki, and Mai Nishida.
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.
An official trailer was released on August 29, 2013, introducing the main gameplay concepts, including a feature which allows two characters to strip an enemy's clothes off in unison. [10] Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed was localised into Chinese and Korean with the assistance of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan.
Nasubi is the Japanese word for "eggplant"; the nickname was chosen due to his 30 cm long face that was said to be shaped like a Japanese eggplant, as well as the producers having to cover his genitals with an animated eggplant for the television audience when Hamatsu was standing on camera due to his nudity. Hamatsu believed that he was being ...
Actor Andrew Koji, who is half Japanese and was born and raised in England, said he’s always felt out of place. But in the new action-comedy film “Bullet Train,” Koji plays a Japanese ...
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A traditional Japanese headband, worn to keep sweat off of one's face. Hachimaki are typically made of cotton , sometimes featuring a printed design. In Japanese media, it is used as a trope to show the courage of the wearer, symbolising the effort put into their strife, and in kabuki , when appearing as a purple headband tied to the left, it ...