The Great Passage

ABOUT FILM

Drama about the passion of an editor who struggles to create a dictionary, as depicted over a fifteen-year period. Publishing house salesman Majime has an earnestness about him that sets him apart from his peers. But he has a discerning sensibility when it comes to language, which lands him in the dictionary editorial department. He ends up editing "The Great Passage," a huge dictionary with 240,000 entries.

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FILM DETAILS

DIRECTOR ISHII Yuya
YEAR 2013
LENGTH 133 minutes
CAST MATSUDA Ryuhei, MIYAZAKI Aoi, ODAGIRI Joe
CLASSIFICATION 13+

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FILM FESTIVALS & AWARDS

2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Japanese Submission
2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam

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