The Great Passage

The Great Passage (2013)

13/04/2013
Drama
2h 13m

Will The Great Passage ever be completed?

Overview

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.

  • Yuya IshiiDirector
  • Kensaku WatanabeScreenplay
  • Original Title

    舟を編む

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • workplace
  • dictionary
  • socially awkward
  • 1990s

Top Billed Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Mitsuya Majime

Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki

Kaguya Hayashi

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Masashi Nishioka

Haru Kuroki

Haru Kuroki

Midori Kishibe

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Take

Chizuru Ikewaki

Chizuru Ikewaki

Remi Miyoshi

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Murakoshi

Hiroko Isayama

Hiroko Isayama

Kaoru Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Chie Matsumoto

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kohei Araki

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