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  A quiet tribute to patience, language, and the unseen labor behind every word. 🎥 Film Overview Detail Information Title The Great Passage (舟を編む / Fune o Amu) Director Yuya Ishii (石井裕也) Release April 13, 2013 (Japan) Runtime 133 minutes Genre Drama Studio Shochiku, ASMIK Ace Box Office Commercial success in Japan Rating 7.3/10 (IMDb) 📖 Plot Summary The Great Passage follows a group of editors tasked with compiling a new dictionary—a project so vast and meticulous that it spans fifteen years. At the center is Mitsuya Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda), a socially awkward but deeply sincere man whose sensitivity to language makes him uniquely suited to the work. Majime is not ambitious in a conventional sense. He does not chase recognition or advancement. Instead, he commits himself to the slow, repetitive labor of defining words—discussing nuances, researching usage, and refining meanings that most people will never question. The film unfolds a...

  Four young women walk together into a glowing horizon between autumn and winter. 🎥 Film Overview Detail Information Title Little Women Director / Screenplay Greta Gerwig Based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868) Genre Drama, Period, Coming-of-age Release Date December 25, 2019 (USA) Runtime 135 minutes Main Cast Saoirse Ronan (Jo), Florence Pugh (Amy), Emma Watson (Meg), Eliza Scanlen (Beth), Timothée Chalamet (Laurie), Laura Dern (Marmee), Meryl Streep (Aunt March) Music Alexandre Desplat Cinematography Yorick Le Saux Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design + 5 Oscar nominations 📖 Plot Summary Greta Gerwig's Little Women refuses a straight line. Instead, it moves back and forth in time—between the warmth of childhood and the cooler, more complicated realities of adulthood. This structure isn't merely stylistic; it mirrors how memory works. We don't leave the past behind. We carry it with us, reshaped by loss and experience. Jo March appears first as a yo...