# The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)

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**Original title**: *女の中にいる他人*
**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Mikio Naruse
**Written by**: Toshiro Ide
**Starring**: Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Daisuke Katō

> *Man killed woman in love! Woman killed man in reason! Masterpiece treating unusual materials*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live in Tokyo and learn that your friend's wife died mysteriously. But you were near her place that night. You confess to your wife, then your friend, even though police don't suspect you.

Naruse's late-career color films show the influence of Ozu's palette. The film renders the banality of guilt.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, paranoid, tender

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