The Great Passage is a 2018 Japanese-language Animation Drama movie written by Kansaku Watanabe and directed by Yuya Ishii and produced by Tomoo Tsuchii, Kimitaka Goka, Fumitsugu Ikeda and Yasuyuki Iwanami under the banner of Filmmakers in collaboration with Little More Co. A major publishing company Genbu Shobo has moved ahead with a publish plan of a new Japanese dictionary named Daitokai. A young sales staff in Genbu Shobo, Mitsuya Majime is poor at expressing himself, and he loves books. A veteran lexicographer Araki finds out that he has a natural facility for the Japanese language, and headhunts him to the Lexicographical Department. So Majime become a highly competent lexicographer over time. The great passage stars Ryuhei Matsuda in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri, Kaoru Kobayashi, Go Kato, Takahiro Sakurai and Hiroshi Kamiya. The film is based on The Great Passage by Shion Miura. The music was composed by Takashi Watanabe. Cinematography was done by Junichi Fujisawa and editing by Shinichi Fushima. The movie has a running time of 133 minutes. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Shochiku.