Movie: Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Romaji: Satorare
Japanese: サトラレ
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Assistant Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
Writer: Masashi Todayama
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: March 17, 2001
Runtime: 128 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
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.
As all the young doctor's thoughts/feelings are always heard by hospital colleagues, this creates much inconvenience to them and they try to drive him away. In steps a beautiful female doctor who tries to shield him from the cruel reality of his uniqueness. Naturally, they end up falling for each other.
Cast
Masanobu Ando - Kenichi Satomi
Kyoka Suzuki - Yoko Komatsu
Rina Uchiyama - Megumi Kawakami
Yutaka Matsushige - Shigefumi Shiraki
Takehiko Ono - Hirokazu Kunimitsu
Akira Terao - Takayuki Azuma
Kaoru Yachigusa
Shigemitsu Ogi
Kanako Fukaura
Kazuaki Hankai
Yoji Tanaka - Junya Aoki
Ryuta Kawabata - Endo
Hideo Takamatsu - Tazaki
Yu Fujiki
Teruo Takeno