The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)
Original title: 女の中にいる他人
The Stranger Within a Woman is a 1966 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Mikio Naruse, with a running time of 1h 42m. It stars Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama and Mitsuko Kusabue.
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 that he could have been involved.