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Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the legend of Hanako-san as dating back to the 1950s. [1] Michael Dylan Foster, author of The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, has stated that Hanako-san "is well known because it is essentially an 'urban legend' associated with schools all over Japan.
Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman') [1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō , of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object.
Hanako-san, or Toire no Hanako-san (トイレのはなこさん, Hanako of the Toilet), is a legend about the spirit of a young girl named Hanako who haunts school bathrooms. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Several variations of the legend exist: in one, Hanako-san is the ghost of a girl who committed suicide during an air raid in World War II ; [ 6 ] [ 9 ] in ...
Aka Manto, a Japanese urban legend about a spirit that appears in bathrooms. Hanako-san, a Japanese urban legend about the spirit of a young girl who haunts school bathrooms. Kuchisake-onna ("Slit Mouth Woman"), a Japanese urban legend about a disfigured woman. Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend of a ghost who haunts schools.
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."
Whether it be a creepy ghost story in the form of a haunted road or vengeful spirit, or something a little harder to explain, like an extraterrestrial hotbed or a beastly Sasquatch, urban legends ...
Noh-men Joshi no Hanako-san (能面女子の花子さん, "Hanako, the Noh Girl") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryō Oda. Preceded by a two one-shots published in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Itan [] in April and June 2015, the manga was serialized in the same magazine from August 2015 until June 2018, when the magazine ceased its print publication, and the series ...
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