The Great Passage

The Great Passage
  • Release date: 13 Apr 2013
  • Release year: 2013
  • Runtime: 134 minutes
  • Country: Japan
  • Keywords: japanese drama, literature on screen, live action adaptation
Plot:
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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