Translated by SOTAR, corrected by cayce
Tashiro, are you filming?
Ah, yes, I am.
Let me show you something.
Some time ago this video was sent to us.
It was taken by two young guys.
- Director: Jin Kudo -
- I see. - It was taken by two young guys.
I see.
Let's see.
- Assistant Director: Miho Ichikawa -
- The video that was sent -
Are you filming?
Yes, yes, yes.
There she is, standing there.
Shoot her, shoot.
Shoot.
Why are you staring at me so hard?!
What is she doing?
Bastards, stop staring at me!
- Is she coming after us? Running? - Not running.
Bad, bad, bad.
Do you hear that?!
She's in the back! Behind us!
Did you get everything on film?
Yes.
- Ugh, it was dangerous. - We are safe now.
We have to get out of here.
Ugh.
That's scary.
So, what do you think?
Well...
Let me think...
What was in the video?
In general...
She is wearing a raincoat.
Wears a mask, and she has long hair.
Well... It must be Kuchisake-onna.
Kuchisake-onna - literally, "The Woman with the torn mouth."
- Kuchisake-onna -
So this is a Kuchisake-onna from the urban legends.
Uh-huh.
She looks identical, and incredibly fast.
Well, yeah... I guess so.
Anyway, this woman...
I think Kuchisake-onna was reborn in our time.
Kuchisake-onna.
Japan's most famous urban legend.
Wearing a raincoat.
Long hair.
Mask.
Tall woman.
She asks schoolchildren
"Am I pretty?"
And reveals the cut mouth hidden under the mask.
In addition, people say she can run with incredible speed.
This legend, born in 1979, terrifies children.
It became a social phenomenon that caused schoolchildren to go home in groups,
And police cars patrolled the streets.
Well, this time my goal is
Catch this Kuchisake-onna.
- The signs on the screen: "Curse", "Demon", "Suicide" -
- Real Urban Legends -
- Is it possible to catch Kuchisake-onna?! -
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01 - Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
- We immediately went to the authors of the video -
- Ichikawa. - Ah?
What do you think of this woman?
Well...
I think it's either a person with a mental disorder,
Or just a person pretending to be Kuchisake-onna.
No, no, no.
Do you think anyone can run at that speed?
No, it's really very fast, but...
But perhaps a human can run at that speed.
And judging by the speed, I think it's a man.
We need to do an experiment to understand her speed.
Man... It seems to me that an ordinary man or woman would not be able to run like that.
I live nearby here.
- Video authors: Akira Yano and Kazufumi Kitamura -
And one day I saw her.
Thought it was a very strange woman.
Then I told Kitamura about it, and he was very interested.
That day we went looking for her together.
She immediately catches the eye, because she looks strange...
This is the place.
Is this where she came from?
- Yes. - I think so.
- This is where she was standing? - Exactly here.
Was she that tall?
She is pretty tall.
Yes, tall.
Isn't she also fast?
Yes, she is fast.
Very fast.
Ichikawa, run from there so we can compare.
Let's do an experiment.
Let's go there.
This is where you were standing?
Yes, here.
The angle is the same.
Ready?
Go!
Run!
No, no, no.
Thank you for running.
Shall we see?
From here?
Ready?
Go!
Run!
It's very slow.
Yeah.
But I don't run well.
Then I'll run.
Let me run. I used to run at school.
- Then let Kitamura run. - Ok, thanks.
- I'm ready. - Get ready!
All right, run!
Let's take a look, shall we?
Can you give her the camera for comparison?
- Oh, right. - Here you go.
Thank you.
- For the most part, the videos should be identical. - Oh, I see.
- Are you ready? - Yes, yes.
Then, let's get it started.
Start!
- Test 1 -
All right, run!
- Totally different speeds. - Totally.
- Let's see where you ran away to. - Okay.
When she chased us...
We got scared, so we ran over here.
We stopped somewhere around here.
She was supposed to run from there, but...
I held the camera like this,
But she never came out of there.
Then I turned this way. But there was no one there.
Then I took a breath.
Then I turned there. And, suddenly, there she was.
She was just there.
But suddenly appears on the opposite side.
It is physically impossible.
The distance is too great.
- How much far away is it? -Very far.
Let's take a walk.
I'll lead, follow me.
It's a long way.
Here we ran with the camera.
Here, this is where we ran.
What loud birds are here.
- Do you see this passageway? - Yes.
- That's how long she had to run. - That's a very long distance.
- Test 2 -
Bad, bad, bad.
- It took the woman 14 seconds to cover that distance -
That's why I think it's impossible to move as fast as she does.
A human isn't capable of that.
What do you think?
Maybe...
Maybe she took a shortcut somewhere?
There are no other ways.
Suppose she had an accomplice,
Dressed exactly the same.
And that's how they fooled you.
Why go to so much trouble?
I don't know.
- I think it was the same woman. - Well...
- We started interviewing neighbors to gather information about this woman -
Have you seen anyone resembling Kuchisake-onna in the neighborhood?
Or maybe you've heard of something like that?
Kuchisake-onna?
I heard the story from someone who seems to have seen her...
I don't know how true that is.
A woman with long hair, or something like that...
She stood in a dark corner and muttered something to herself.
Ah...
He said she smelled disgusting.
Did she stink?
It was as if a homeless person stank, it was impossible to go near her, as he said.
That's all he told me.
Do you remember that time you saw her?
It was very late at night.
It was pouring with rain.
And I was walking down a narrow street.
I look ahead and see her through my umbrella.
She was all wet.
A very tall woman, soaked through, is standing there.
At that moment I sensed something wrong, but there was only one way to go.
And then she asks me if I'll give her a light.
And she is soaked through.
I got scared, so I immediately turned around and ran away.
I don't know what this woman was doing, but she
She wrote some strange symbols on a pieces of paper.
And then glued them one by one to the wall.
The woman was sticking up papers?
I've only seen it once.
In general, somehow she glued these papers.
I see.
But the neighbors are usually quick to rip these papers off.
Over there.
There may still be papers around the corner that she glued.
- Really? - Yes.
- Walk you out? - Yes, please.
I think they're here.
It's hard to understand what's written here.
"A true black man."
"Life's Happiness"
"All men are garbage."
Does she hate men that much?
This seems to have been written recently.
I think it could have been written by an ordinary person.
Why hang them up?
Where to look for her next?
I don't know...
Sorry.
Didn't she smell like a homeless person?
Let me think about it.
She was very dirty.
She didn't give the impression of someone who had a home.
- I see, thank you very much. - Thank you!
She was covered in mud. Let's go to the nearest park.
It is quite possible that she is homeless.
- We decided that the woman was probably homeless, so we went to one of the corners of the nearest park -
He said yes.
- Hello, there. - Thank you.
I'm sorry to have disturbed you.
We would like to ask you.
Do you know a woman with long hair, very tall? She scares people.
Maybe you've heard something about her?
Masked.
Yes.
Long hair.
I know her.
Really?
T-tell us about her.
A small gift.
I hope that's enough.
Camera?
- We won't show your face. - No, put it away.
I refuse.
Kudo, stop it, please.
Piece of shit, what are you up to?
Decided to just walk away?
You think I'm joking, bitch?
Asshole.
All right, man, listen...
Tell us what you know, nothing bad will happen.
Just tell us about the woman. We won't show your face.
Was this woman here?
Now...
- She's gone now. - That's how.
When was she here?
About a month.
A month ago.
She was.
Right.
How long did she stay?
About a week.
About a week?
Where was she living at that time?
Over there in the cardboard boxes.
She lived in cardboard boxes?
- He said there was a long-haired woman in a mask who lived in the park -
Did anything strange happen?
That week...
Three people went missing.
- Disappeared? - Yeah, three people.
- Three homeless people disappeared in a week... -
But there are times when homeless people just move away, aren't there?
Well, just in a week...
Three at once...
Plus, they left all their stuff behind.
One left his cat behind.
Everything was left here.
Look, is this the woman you saw?
Yes, it's definitely her.
Oh, that's how.
- So there can be no mistake. - Yup.
- The woman who lived in the park and the woman in the video is the same person -
One of the disappeared...
He was later found dead.
He was doing what you are trying to do: interview her.
She had a knife.
The woman pounced on him, and cut him.
With a knife?
Yes.
This woman?
Yes.
Was he cut up badly?
- Did the woman have a knife? -
The wound was shallow.
Then what?
After that he ran away from her.
Was she chasing him?
She was.
Did the woman run fast?
Insanely fast.
- He said the woman was running at an incredible speed -
What happened next with the guy?
Killed himself.
Huh?
- Suicide - Suicide?
Yes.
The man who was cut?
Killed himself, yes.
- Homeless man who fought with woman commits suicide -
There's a tree over there.
Hanged himself.
He was found in the morning.
It was awful.
Where did you get this from?
It was given to me.
Who gave?
The woman.
Out of her hair...
Um, whose?
Her...
Can I take a picture?
- An amulet made of braided hair was given to him by the woman -
What is it?
A protective amulet.
She handed them out to everyone.
I haven't seen people here without this amulet.
Why do you need an amulet from such a strange woman?
She said terrible things would happen if you didn't take it.
That's why I took it.
Does it have anything to do with the man who killed himself?
I don't know.
- Don't take a picture of face. - Okay.
I am taking a photo.
Done.
- Thank you very much. - Sorry and thank you.
Please take it.
- Thank you very much. - Goodbye.
Hello.
Excuse me.
Did you find the new papers?
Got it.
Yes, yes.
Somewhere around here?
Okay. We'll be right there.
- Over there, the white sheets. - Yes, I can see that.
Here they are.
There are a lot more of them.
Clearly more.
- According to them, the number of papers has increased since they called us -
It's creepy.
Let's see what we have here.
Some hieroglyphs, some of which are unintelligible.
You can't make out the meaning at all, but it looks creepy.
That's right.
- I'll take a look here. - OK.
It's kind of scary.
Quickly, this way, this way, this way.
She is here! Here!
We lost her.
This morning...
Do you think it was her?
Perhaps.
Speaking of these papers...
Anyway... The point is not at all... Not clear...
But here it sounds like words cursing men.
It looks like this woman really hates them.
This one.
This thing the man wore, which resembles an amulet.
I think it might be some kind of magical tool.
Hmm, magical?
- Yeah. - I see.
Let's show it to a specialist.
Let's give it a try.
- Two days later we managed to get in touch with a folklorist living in Kansai -
Hello, Minamiyama, thank you for agreeing to speak with us.
- Folklorist: Minamiyama Hirotaka -
Let's get started.
As I wrote you in my letter, we would like to consult with you about the amulet.
Please look at the pictures and see if you can tell us anything.
Our attention was especially attracted by the black hair-shaped object.
Maybe it has some history?
Tell him about the photo of the amulet.
Ah, please look at the photo from the last letter.
- Oh, the other letter? - Yes, the last one.
- Did you find it? - Yes, yes, I do.
Yes, I recognize that thing.
Really?
To tell you the truth, I don't know much about it.
It is a magical tool used by a certain school of magic.
Instruments like this are extremely rare, so I know who it might belong to.
By the way it is woven,
You can tell at a glance who the author is.
This kind of weaving cannot be repeated just like that.
So it's definitely one family that belongs to a certain school of magic.
That's how it is.
Since it is a tool, what purpose is it used for?
In simple terms, to summon demons from the other world.
This is the purpose for which it is produced.
Could you give me the contacts of this magic school?
- Okay, I'll send it to you right away. - Thank you very much.
- To find out the identity of the woman, we went to the heiress of the school of magic -
Apparently, it's this way.
Good afternoon! This is Ichikawa, I called you earlier.
Anybody home?
- Hello. - Hello.
I'm director Kudo. Pleased to meet you.
- Inui: Heiress to the school of magic -
I'm an assistant, Ichikawa.
I'm the cameraman, Tashiro.
Ah, thanks, sorry for the intrusion.
Anyway, can you tell me if anyone other than you has inherited the magic of the school ***** or can use it?
Well...
It is highly probable that there are other users of this magic.
My mother died a few days ago...
So now I am the only follower.
You can't tell for me, but it's a sad situation.
I'd like you to take a look at the picture. Don't you recognize this woman?
No, I don't.
Please look carefully.
We are sure that this woman is connected with your school of magic.
She may have caused people to die.
You had something bad happen in your childhood.
It's not about me.
Tell us about this woman.
I told you, I don't know anything.
Where is Taki Misako?
- In this village lived a woman named Taki Misako -
Sorry to be rude, but your younger brother died a mysterious death.
It's just a rumor, but he had a connection with Taki Misako, who disappeared.
But before that, she cursed and killed him.
Who said that?! Аh?!
Give me a name!
- There is a rumor in the village that Taki Misako, the local witch, cursed and killed her lover, Inui's younger brother -
Give me a name!
I don't know the name.
We are the main family! The main family! Get it?!
Such a petty witch could not have cursed and killed him!
No way!
Anyway...
What?
Can you tell us about that petty witch Taki Misako?
Why?
She never came back?
My brother started seeing demons.
He was bound by fate to this woman.
My brother was always nothing but trouble.
Anyway...
I cursed that woman.
After that, she left the village.
And then your brother died?
Well, yes. That was his fate.
So it was her in the photo?
She's wearing a mask, it's hard to tell.
There is a possibility that it is her.
Could you please tell me something about this.
Do you recognize it?
Dangerous thing.
Does it belong to your school?
Yes.
I see.
The one who wears it will die.
What?
Will die.
Why?
Whoever uses this tool will die.
Is it possible to get rid of it?
No.
And what to do?
This thing can't even be shown to ordinary people. It would kill anyway.
Um, Inui, could you use your powers to find this woman?
I don't know if that's enough as a fee.
What do you think of this amount?
- We asked to trace Taki Misako -
[Reads mantras]
Are you all right?
What's wrong with you?
T-there!
Disappeared!
T-there!
Inui, how are you? What's wrong with you? Inui?
She's gone! She's nowhere to be found!
Inui, how are you? Are you OK?
- Inui, are you all right? What's wrong? - Inui? Inui?
- Inui, are you okay? - Inui!
Are you OK?
Inui, what did you see? Tell me what you saw!
You saw something, Inui! Tell me what you saw!
Tell me where Misako is!
Inui, are you all right?
This woman...
Located...
Between... That and this...
Hey, "this and that" where?
This woman... Long with demons...
What?!
I saw her!
Yeah. Tell me where! Where is it!
- Where is she! - Stop it, Kudo.
Shut up!
Where can I find her?! I said, where is she!
Answer me!!!
Calm down, that's enough.
Don't come back!!!
I hope she's okay.
Faster.
Earlier... What did Inui say about your childhood?
Ah, when I was a kid...
Someone killed my parents on the street.
The perpetrator was never caught.
I don't know who killed them.
That's how...
We need to get in touch with that homeless guy.
Do you think so?
Yes, he is in danger.
- Is the man with Taki Misako's "Cursed Tool" alive? -
Last time we saw him here.
Let's ask around.
For example, that man.
Excuse me, good afternoon.
Hi.
Excuse me, we would like to ask you something.
Do you know where the man who lives in that tent over there next to the barrels is?
That's where I live.
What is it?
We're looking for a man.
What?
We're looking for a man.
Where is the man who lived there?
There really was another man living there.
But when I came in, he wasn't here anymore.
- He wasn't? - Ah, OK.
Who are you to him?
We're just acquaintances.
Any idea where he might have gone?
No, I don't.
Maybe you've seen him around?
Ah, well, I saw him yesterday on the side of the station.
On the side of the station?
Ah?
You said by the station?
Well, yes. Go out the other side of the park. You'll probably find it.
East exit out of the park?
- Eastern. - Got it.
There is another park near station.
- Park? - Yes, the park.
Maybe he lives there now?
Well, I can't know that.
Oh, I see.
- Anything else? - No, thank you.
There's a lead.
He's not here.
Yup, not there.
Exit the south exit and walk towards the park.
Maybe we'll find him there.
- We headed toward another park to find a man with a "Cursed Tool" -
Whoa.
- Oh, there he is. - There he is.
Hello!
- Let's go! - Yes!
We have to call an ambulance!
Yes, hello, a man was hit by a car.
Um, a lot of strange things have been happening lately.
For example, in the middle of the night.
Or in the morning.
Someone knocks on the front door.
And when you ask, "Who's there?" no one answers.
From this day forward, we will put a camera in this room...
And outside...
And we'll hide another camera outside.
Starting this evening... From morning till night...
The cameras will be recording all the time.
I think I'll stay here for a few days, too.
It's kind of early...
Who?
There's a package for you.
Package.
I'm sorry, hold on a second.
Who's there?
What do you need?
Let's take a look.
- Is anyone there? - No one.
- Are you sure? - No one.
Let's open it.
Are you sure? Is everything okay?
Let's see the camera.
Who's there?
What do you need?
That's the way it was.
I think she'll come again.
Right.
Maybe we should call the police.
No.
With the police... Let's wait a little while.
The police will make things difficult.
Guys... Listen...
Would you like to team up?
How do you like the idea?
- Okay. -Yeah.
- We set up surveillance to make contact with the woman -
This woman appears from 24:00 to 04:00 in the morning.
Yes.
That's why we'll be on duty at this time every day.
What if she shows up?
What do you mean?
You didn't say what we would do if she showed up.
Well, what is our goal?
This. Capture Kuchisake-onna.
Exactly. First in the world, first in history
First, who captured Kuchisake-onna.
What sales! Imagine how our DVDs would sell.
They will be in great demand.
And if nothing happens?
Or if she doesn't take the mask off?
You just shoot. That's all you have to do.
All you need is your camera and Tashiro's camera to film.
I'll do the rest.
What exactly are you going to do?
What? I'm going to chase and catch.
How do you catch her?
If we just chase with the car, we won't catch her.
Using a net?
What?
A net? What are you, a fucking ninja? Idiot.
We're not playing games!
Sorry.
We'll have fun later, but for now, stop it.
I see.
Okay?
Yes, I'm sorry.
Yes, I'm listening, it's Yano.
Yes.
Nothing special.
We are awake, all is quiet.
Yes.
Nothing is happening today.
I think maybe she's not coming today.
Oh, I see.
Well, we'll be here every day until she shows up. I am relying on you.
What time is it now?
Ah?
What time is it?
07:30
How long are we here for?
Until we catch her.
She appears from 24:00 to 04:00 in the morning.
Let's take a break until the night.
Just a minute, I'll stop filming.
OK.
Done, stopped.
- Day after day, the observation continued -
It's day six...
I know, you don't have to tell me.
The time has come.
Maybe she'll show up today...
You're not alone here, because I also paid these two.
Not happy again?
We will wait until the very last.
Here!
Isn't that her? That's right, that's her!
It can't be...
She's coming, she's finally coming!
Did you record her?
Hello, this is Kudo. The woman is coming to you.
Remember the script I wrote.
I am relying on you.
I'll hang up.
Okay. Got it.
Misako, is that you?
And you?
Yes.
That's me.
I am Inui.
Get out... Out of there...
Misako, what happened to my baby?
You were pregnant with my baby.
What happened to the baby?
- Misako disappeared when she was pregnant by Inui's younger brother -
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts so much!
Hey! Hey! What have you got there! Hello!
What's wrong with them?
- Bad. - Bad.
Help us!
Kitamura...
Hang in there!
There she is, out!
She has a knife!
Hang on!
Did you run her over?
Where is she?
Tashiro, where is she?
She's running... running away!
Ran off to the right!
Back and to the right! Back and to the right!
Where?!
Back and to the right!
I think she ran this way.
Fucking girl!
Look around you!
Well? Is that her? Her?
No. She's nowhere to be found.
Kudo, calm down.
She's definitely around here somewhere. I'm sure of it.
Ah, shit.
- What are you doing? - Where are you going?
Why do you need a bat?
Where are you?
Where is she?
Quickly.
Fuck!
Shit!
- After that, the woman disappeared from the area -
- And... -
- The author of the video, Yano, also disappeared -
Anyway... I can't get in touch with Yano.
I'm a little worried, and I have a spare key.
Let's go in.
What the hell is that?
Tashiro, shoot it!
It's a nasty thing.
Just looking at it makes me feel uncomfortable.
Clearly not an ordinary thing.
It looks like that man's amulet.
I wonder why she left it here.
It's like several amulets put together.
It looks like those pictures.
It seems so.
I'm taking it.
- Are you picking it up? - Yes.
These are six amulets.
It comes apart, I'll take it by the center.
Disgusting.
What are you mumbling about?
- Tashiro, that's it, you can stop filming. - OK.
Translated by SOTAR, corrections by cayce