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Fune o amu

Fune o amu

2013Movie⏱️ 2h 14m
Drama
7.3
IMDB Rating
2,976 votes

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But t...

Director
Yûya Ishii
Writers
Shion Miura, Kensaku Watanabe
Stars
Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri
Release Date
April 13, 2013
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 16
Wins
🎯 16
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
📋 2.8K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Ryûhei Matsuda
Ryûhei Matsuda
as Mitsuya Majime
Aoi Miyazaki
Aoi Miyazaki
as Kaguya Hayashi
Joe Odagiri
Joe Odagiri
as Masashi Nishioka
Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Kouhei Araki
Gô Katô
Gô Katô
as Tomosuke Matsumoto
Haru Kuroki
Haru Kuroki
as Midori Kishibe
Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
as Take
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Chizuru Ikewaki
as Remi Miyoshi
👤
Shingo Tsurumi
as Director Murakoshi
👤
Hiroko Isayama
as Kaori Sasaki

💰 Box Office

$7,362,767
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Tokyo, Japan
Production
TV Tokyo, Shochiku, Asmik Ace Entertainment

🏷️ Keywords

japanese dramaliterature on screenlive action adaptation

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A Wise but Not Perfect Film
by DawsonChu2018-03-18
8/10

"For this film, keeping the sense of ritual is a very wise choice. Not only the abundant details brought strong persuasion for this slightly old-fashioned story, but also make the enjoyment of some independent chapters prominent, skillfully cover up the fact that the structure of script is not organized very well as a whole. What's more, the idea of the sheer artisan spirit is more about respect than empathy, so the film adds some straightaway, popular emotion to make audience feel sympathy, however, it seems make the film a bit off the point...."

💡 Did You Know?

Official submission of Japan to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.

📖 Synopsis

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But t...