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An outsider brings transgender struggles to Japan's movie screens

Eiji Uchida's 'Midnight Swan' stars SMAP's Kusanagi as protagonist

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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

ERI SUGIURA and ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei staff writers
October 29, 2020 08:00 JST

TOKYO -- Sometimes it takes an outsider to understand other outsiders.

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