Over the past few weeks, actress Kazuyo Matsui has been a fixture on Japan's tabloid TV shows for the very public battle she is waging against her actor husband, whom she has accused of adultery.

Her internet-based smear campaign against veteran actor Eiichiro Funakoshi recently entered a new phase on Friday when she posted an emotional six-minute YouTube clip in English to broaden her audience.

"My husband and I have been married for 17 years," Matsui, 60, says in the video, titled " 'The Truth' From Tokyo Japan."