Actor Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda of the rock band "RADWIMPS" star in the NHK drama series "The Great Passage ~ Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu ~" (General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm). According to the synopsis of the third episode, which aired on July 1st, the protagonist Midori Kishibe, played by Ikeda, receives an angry call from the manuscript writer. Scene cuts have also been released.
◇The following contains spoilers
The drama is based on Shion Miura's bestselling novel, and depicts the passion of people working on dictionaries from the perspective of Kishibe Midori (Ikeda), a young editorial staff member who has been transferred to the dictionary editorial department. Noda plays the protagonist of the original novel, Majime Mitsuya, the extremely earnest head of the dictionary editorial department, and stars Osamu Mukai, Shibata Kyohei, Yamoto Yuma, Miura Rie, Iwamatsu Ryo, Watanabe Makiko, and Maeda Oshiro. It has been broadcast on terrestrial TV since June 17th in the network's "Drama 10" slot.
In the third episode, Midori (Ikeda) rents a room in the former boarding house where Majime (Noda) lives with his spouse, Kaguya (Mimura).
Just as she becomes acquainted with the "dictionary demon" Matsumoto-sensei (Shibata), who founded "Odo Kai," the outside editor Araki (Iwamatsu), and the dictionary editors, she receives an angry call from Professor Akino (Katsumura Masanobu), the manuscript writer who requested an explanation for Shigeru Mizuki's words. In front of the bewildered Midori, Nishioka (Mukai), a former dictionary editor, appears... and so the story unfolds.
