[Jmovie Review] The Great Passage

Do you have a dictionary? Do you read it to check the meanings of some words, or check about spelling, or something else? Do you need a dictionary in everyday life? 
Do you ever think, or even imagine, about how a dictionary is being created? 

Based on the novel "Fune o Amu" by Shion Miura (published September 17, 2011 by Kobunsha),
This movie is about The Great Passage, title of a big project in dictionary departement. Majime is a new comer at dictionary departement. He is an  introvert, shy, nerd and serious type of guy. But he is reeaally interest about linguistic things, He love to write, read, and serious about words. So when he transferred to dictionary departement, he fall in love with the job and seriously do it. 
We gonna see a journey for a dictionary to being created. They collect the words, any kind of words, any time, the usage, and how to explain about a word. And then list it, and checking it, checking it,checking it, again and again and again aaaaand again.... It's not an easy job afterall.

For a Jmovies lovers, maybe this kind of 'slow-drama' is normal. But for some people, maybe this gonna be boring. The plot is kind of slow, it is like make us feel about how long that "The Great Passage" was created. 

But it's worth it to watch. It gonna make you more respect and appreciate a dictionary. It gonna make you thinking about loyalty with everything you do. 

Anyway this movie get many awards too at Japan Academy Prize... well, they deserved it :)

Picture of the Year : The Great PassagesDirector of the Year : Yuya Ishii (The Great Passage) Screenplay of the Year : Kensaku Watanabe (The Great Passage) Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Ryuhei Matsuda (The Great Passage) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording : Hirokazu Kato (The Great Passage)Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing : Shinichi Fushima (The Great Passage)