Movie

Nomugi Pass (1979)

• June 30, 1979
• 2h 34m

• Drama
• History

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.

Director

Satsuo Yamamoto

Writers

Kei Hattori

Starring

Shinobu Otake, Mieko Harada, Chikako Yuri