The Great Passage

The Great Passage
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	舟を編む
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Fune o Amu
Directed by	Yuya Ishii
Written by	Kansaku Watanabe
Based on	The Great Passage by Shion Miura
Produced by	Tomoo Tsuchii Kimitaka Goka Fumitsugu Ikeda Yasuyuki Iwanami
Starring	Ryuhei Matsuda Aoi Miyazaki Joe Odagiri Kaoru Kobayashi Go Kato
Cinematography	Junichi Fujisawa
Edited by	Shinichi Fushima
Music by	Takashi Watanabe
Production companies	Filmmakers Little More Co.
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) (Japan)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Great Passage (Japanese: 舟を編む, Hepburn: Fune o Amu) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura.^[1] The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and also received several nominations. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,^[1] but it was not nominated.