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Summary:

Carved, the Slit-Mouthed Woman: A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
Persona: When a student by the name of Danda adopts a porcelain mask as a direct result of school bullying, he spurs on a large majority of fellow students to do the same thing.

Table of Contents:

• Carved, the slit-mouthed woman (2007) (90 min.)
• Persona (2000) (94 min.).

Contributors:

Sōda, Osamu

Sato, Eriko, 1981- , actor

Katō, Haruhiko, 1975- , actor

Ito, Hiroto , actor

Fujiwara, Tatsuya, 1982- , actor

Kurosu, Maya , actor

Watanabe, Ikkei , actor

Yokota, Naoyuki , screenwriter

Kanai, Shuntaro , film producer

Miyazawa, Nobumasa , film producer

Yoshitsuru, Yoshimitsu , film producer

Komatsu, Takashi , film director

Hashimoto, Hiroshi , screenwriter

Tsuge, Yasushi , film producer

Ishiya, Hiroshi , film producer

Shiraishi, Kōji , film director, screenwriter

Morishita, Shozo , director of photography

Takase, Hiroshi , director of photography

Hatakeyama, Kazuhisa , composer

ma-o , composer

Kakesu, Shuichi , editor of moving image work

Adachi, Hiroshi , editor of moving image work

Arrow Video (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Dialogue in Japanese; subtitles in English.

Included Works:

Kuchisake-onna (Motion picture)

Kamen Gakuen (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Kamen gakuen [by Sōda, O.]

Related Series:

J-horror rising

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Kamen Gakuen

Subjects:

Spirits — Drama

Disfigured persons — Drama

Anonymous persons — Drama

High school students — Drama

Spirits

Disfigured persons

Anonymous persons

High school students

Genres:

Motion pictures

Horror films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray, region A; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo.

Performers:

Cast of Carved, the slit-mouthed woman: Eriko Sato, Haruhiko Kato, Hiroto Ito.
Cast of Persona: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Maya Kurosu, Ikkei Watanabe.

Production Credits:

Carved, the slit-mouthed woman: Director of photography, Shozo Morishita ; music, Kazuhisa Hatakeyama ; editor, Shuichi Kakesu.
Persona: Director of photography, Hiroshi Takase ; music, ma-o ; editor, Hiroshi Adachi.

General Notes:

Closed-captioned in English
Warning: If you have a history of epilepsy or seizures, consult a doctor before use. Certain patterns may trigger seizures with no prior history
Persona contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect people who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Description based on: Title from container.
Carved, the slit-mouthed woman: Directed by Kôji Shiraishi; written by Naoyuki Yokota, Kôji Shiraishi; produced by Kayako Hanamura, Shuntarô Kanai.
Persona: Directed by Takashi Komatsu; written by Hiroshi Hashimoto, Osamu Sôda; produced by Masato Hara, Yasushi Tsuge.
Persona: Based on the novel by Osamu Soda.
Carved, the Slit-Mouthed Woman was orignially released in 2007; Persona was originally released in 2000.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Special features: Audio commentary on Carved, the slit-mouthed woman by Zach Davisson; Why so serious? a new interview with Koji Shiraishi; Weapon of choice, a video essay on Carved, the slit-mouthed woman by Lindsay Nelson; Confessions of a mask, interview with Takashi Komatsu; image galleries.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (184 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; stereo; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0; Dolby Audio; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.85:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

CAR 2000 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Arrow Video: AV617-3 (container)
Publisher Number, Arrow Video: AV617-3 (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1463102191