The Thin Line

The Thin Line

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 12, 1966

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.

The Thin Line

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 12, 1966

The Thin Line
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 女の中にいる他人
Directors Masazumi Kawanishi, Mikio Naruse
Writers Edward Atiyah, Toshirō Ide

Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

as Isao Tashiro

Michiyo Aratama

as Masako Tashiro

Mitsuko Kusabue

as Yumiko Kato

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Ryukichi Sugimoto

Akiko Wakabayashi

as Sayuri Sugimoto

Toshio Kurosawa

as Bartender

Chiharu Inayoshi

as Hiroshi Tashiro

Teruko Nagaoka

as Eiko Tashiro

Keiko Shiozaki

as Mariko Tashiro

Ichirô Shôji

as Detective