The Great Passage

When the editor Araki wants to leave the publishing house for which he works, he has to find a successor for the project he is working on: making a new dictionary which contains the living language. He finds the ideal successor in Mitsuya Majime, whose name in Japanese means ‘meticulous’. Majime starts on the huge task with a small group of colleagues. In the meantime, in the house where he has lived for 10 years with a landlady, he meets the girl of his dreams: aspiring chef Kaguya.
Just as lovingly and dedicatedly as the editors do their work, the film shows how the romance between the two introverted beings blossoms, despite their halting verbal communication. At the same time it shows how they work word for word on The Great Passage - the name that has been thought up for the reference work that has to function as a ship in a sea of words. A modest ode to perseverance, tenacity and love in all its facets.