The Great Passage

Name: Fune wo amu
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-04-13
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri

Original title: Fune wo amu

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2h 14min

7.1/10

2.4K

Drama

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 imme... Read allMajime, 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. Will 'The Gr... Read allMajime, 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. Will 'The Great Passage' ever be completed?

7.1/10

2.4K

Director
- Yûya Ishii
Writers
- Shiwon Miura(based on the novel by)
- Kensaku Watanabe(screenplay)
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Awards
- 16 wins & 16 nominations

Chizuru Ikewaki, Hiroko Isayama, Gô Katô, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri, Shingo Tsurumi, Misako Watanabe, Kaoru Yachigusa, and Haru Kuroki in Fune wo amu (2013)

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Director
- Yûya Ishii
Writers
- Shiwon Miura(based on the novel by)
- Kensaku Watanabe(screenplay)
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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. Will 'The Great Passage' ever be completed? —Nuno Ferreira

Genre
- Drama
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Trivia
Official submission of Japan to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.

Connections
Remade as The Great Passage (2016)

Top review

8/10

A Wise but Not Perfect Film

For this film, keeping the sense of ritual is a very wise choice. Not only the abundant details brought strong persuasion for this slightly old-fashioned story, but also make the enjoyment of some independent chapters prominent, skillfully cover up the fact that the structure of script is not organized very well as a whole. What's more, the idea of the sheer artisan spirit is more about respect than empathy, so the film adds some straightaway, popular emotion to make audience feel sympathy, however, it seems make the film a bit off the point.

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