Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage) which was shown in April this year has been chosen as Japan's entry to the 86th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film.
The director of the film is Yuya Ishii (30), and is the youngest director to represent Japan in the said category.The story is based on the novel written by Shion Miura which received the Honya Taisho (lit. Bookshop Grand Prize) in 2012.
Ryuhei Matsuda plays the role of Mitsuya Majime, while Aoi Miyazaki plays Kaguya Hayashi.
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