TOKYO -- Sometimes it takes an outsider to understand other outsiders.
Eiji Uchida's 'Midnight Swan' stars SMAP's Kusanagi as protagonist

Japanese megastar Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, left -- a former member of the hugely popular boy band SMAP -- plays the role of an impoverished transgender woman in this year's surprise hit "Midnight Swan." © 2020 Midnight Swan Film Partners
TOKYO -- Sometimes it takes an outsider to understand other outsiders.