Nomugi Pass

Overview

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 30, 1979

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shin Nippon Eiga

Cast

Sanae Nakahara,Matabe Watabe,Takeo Chii,Yuko Kotegawa,Takashi Ebata,Tatsu Nakamura,Hiroshi Kiyama,Shinichirō Mikami,Chikako Yuri,Kyoko Tsudaand 36 more

Director

Satsuo Yamamoto

Writer

Shigemi Yamamoto,Kei Hattori

Producer

Kanji Mochimaru,Takero Itō,Tokuko Miyako

Cinematography

Setsuo Kobayashi

Music

Masaru Satō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0078737