Shinichi Tsutsumi:Appeared in the drama "The Great Passage" as the new president of a company called "Death God" and said, "I ended up buying a dictionary without thinking"

Shinichi Tsutsumi stars in the drama series " The Great Passage ~Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu~" (NHK General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm) co-starring actor Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda of rock band "RADWIMPS". He plays the new president of Genbu Bookstore from the sixth episode, which will be broadcast on terrestrial TV on July 22nd. "After reading the original novel and the script, I ended up buying a dictionary," says Tsutsumi, who shared his impressions of the drama and his memories of dictionaries.

The drama is based on Shion Miura's bestselling novel, and depicts the passion of people working on dictionaries from the perspective of Midori Kishibe, a young editorial staff member who has been transferred to the dictionary editorial department. Noda plays the protagonist of the novel, Mitsuya Majime, the head of the dictionary editorial department who is an extremely earnest person. The drama has been broadcast on terrestrial TV since June 17th in the "Drama 10" slot.

Igarashi, played by Tsutsumi, is the new president of Genbu Publishing, where Midori, Majime and others work. From a management perspective, he advocates digitalization and is known as the "Grim Reaper" for forcing the abolition of paper magazines one after another. And his anger is directed at the medium-sized dictionary "Odo Kai"...

Igarashi is an original character for the drama, and Tsutsumi revealed, "I don't usually read much of the original work, but this time I joined the series halfway through, so when I read it, I found that my role didn't appear in the original work (laughs)."

"But the script was so wonderful that while I was reading it I thought how difficult it must be for the actors," he said, and urged viewers to "definitely watch it, as it's a really good work."

He also confessed, "Making a dictionary is difficult work, and there are people who are constantly obsessed with words, and I thought that something good would come out of that obsession.After reading the original novel and the script, I couldn't help but buy the dictionary."

He added, "I remember that when my father was alive, he always kept a copy of the Kojien dictionary by his side, and whenever I asked him a question, he would often tell me to 'look it up yourself.'"