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Midnight Swan

Midnight Swan

20206.92h 4m

Overview

Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in solitude by herself, to now living with Ichika, Nagisa develops maternal instincts for the first time.

Directed by Eiji Uchida
Written by Eiji Uchida
Produced by Takeshi Moriya, Yurie Morimoto
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Top Cast

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Nagisa

Misaki Hattori

Misaki Hattori

Ichika Sakurada

Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa

Saori Sakurada

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Mama Yoko

Sei Matobu

Sei Matobu

Mika Katahira

Shunsuke Tanaka

Shunsuke Tanaka

Kaito Yoshimura

Kaito Yoshimura

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Reo Sanada

Rinka Ueno

Rinka Ueno

Rin

Eriko Sato

Eriko Sato

Mayumi Kuwata

Themes & Keywords

japanballettokyo, japanshinjukushemalechild abandonmenttransgender

About Midnight Swan

Midnight Swan is a drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of japan, ballet, tokyo, japan, shinjuku, shemale, child abandonment. Directed by Eiji Uchida, it stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Misaki Hattori, Asami Mizukawa. Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in solitude by herself, to now living with Ichika, Nagisa develops maternal instincts for the first time.

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