The Great Passage
Original title: Fune o amu
“Will The Great Passage ever be completed?”
2014 · 2 h 13 min
Directed by 
Yuya Ishii
Yuya IshiiCast
Ryûhei Matsuda 
Aoi Miyazaki 
Joe Odagiri 
Kaoru Kobayashi 
Gô Katô 
Haru Kuroki
Credits
Written by: Shion Miura
Plot
An odd man with a gift for words joins a team compiling a new dictionary.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, quirky, workplace drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (3,022 votes)
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