Live-Action The Great Passage Series Reveals More Cast

The 10-episode series stars Yōjirō Noda as the protagonist Mitsuya Majime, who was recruited to a publishing company’s dictionary editorial department due to his love of words and reading, and Elaiza Ikeda as Midori Kishibe, who was transferred from a fashion magazine’s editorial department to the dictionary editorial department.

The story follows “the awkward humans” Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled “The Great Passage” (Daitokai).

The series will premiere on the NHK BS and BS Premium 4K channels on February 18 at 10:49 p.m. JST (8:49 a.m. EST).