Underplayed Gems

The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)

The Stranger Within a Woman poster
Original title
女の中にいる他人
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman's hidden past and a long-ago crime are exposed when a stranger arrives. The film follows the unraveling of her marriage and the psychological pressure from her secret.

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What happens

The Stranger Within a Woman a.k.a. The Thin Line (Japanese: 女の中にいる他人, Hepburn: Onna no naka ni iru tanin) is a 1966 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the 1951 novel The Thin Line by Edward Atiyah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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