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Stranger Within a Woman
JAPAN · 1966

Stranger Within a Woman

Mikio Naruse
guilt and confession infidelity mistaken identity friendship betrayal moral ambiguity
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Synopsis

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe tha

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