Nomugi PassMovie
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.
About Nomugi Pass
Nomugi Pass is a 1979 drama, history movie directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 34m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Shinobu Otake, Mieko Harada, Chikako Yuri, Yuko Kotegawa. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
