The Kuchisake-Onna (lit. Slited-Mouthed Woman) is a urban legend very popular in Japan.
The Legend[]
The legend says that a long time ago,a samurai have a very beautiful wife.One day,the wife have a affair with another samurai of the village.Her husband gets so angry,that slits her mouth,from ear to ear,and after that,kill her.
So,they say that her spirit wanna revenge to every single life human,and walks in the streets searching for victms.She asks the people : "Am i Beautiful?".Do not matter what the people aswner,the Kuchisake-Onna will slit their mouth.And if the people do not aswner anything,the ghost leaves,but come back at 2:00 A.M. to kill him.
They say also that there is some ways to escape from Kuchisake-Onna.You can't run of her,because she is super fast,and can reach you even if you is in a car.However,they say that if you give her a caramell candy,she will try to eat it,and you can run as she is distracted.Many caramell candys was confiscated in the Japanese Schools's Directory,because many kids was afraid that the ghost attacks them.In this time,candys were forbidden in schools.
Another way to escape from the ghost is screaming "Ointment!".Anyone knows why,but everyone says that it works.
There is a Korean variation of the legend that says that three beautiful womans appears at your door at the midnight.The three have slited mouths.The three asks for the victm who of the three is the more beautiful.If you awsner one of them,you is killed by the other two.