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The Great Passage

The Great Passage

Will The Great Passage ever be completed?

20137.22h 13m

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.

Directed by Yuya Ishii
Written by Shion Miura, Kensaku Watanabe
Produced by Kimitaka Goka, Yasuyuki Iwanami, Fumitsugu Ikeda
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookworkplacedictionarysocially awkward1990s

About The Great Passage

The Great Passage is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of based on novel or book, workplace, dictionary, socially awkward, 1990s. Directed by Yuya Ishii, it stars Ryuhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri. 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.

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