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The Great Passage

舟を編む

Directed by: Yuya Ishi
2013 / 133 minutes / Unclassified 15+

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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Screening as part of JFF 2021 Online