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Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

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Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

2001

2h 8m

6.9(8 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection.

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Social & External

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Robot Communications

TOHO

Hakuhodo

The people behind it

Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

Kenichi Satomi

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Yoko Komatsu

Rina Uchiyama

Rina Uchiyama

Megumi Kawakami

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Shigefumi Shiraki

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Takayuki Azuma

Takehiko Ono

Takehiko Ono

Hirokazu Kunimitsu

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Junya Aoki

Creative team

Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written by: Masashi Todayama
Produced by: Seiji Okuda
Toru Horibe

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