Oh! The Nomugi Pass
1979 · Movie · 154 min. · Japan
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900's 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.
Direction Satsuo Yamamoto
Cast Shinobu Otake · Mieko Harada · Chikako Yuri · Yûko Kotegawa · Ako Asano · Akiko Kurosawa · Akiko Shikata · Ayami Imamura · Kôji Moritsugu · Sen Yamamoto · Makoto Akatsuka
Soundtrack Masaru Satô
Screenplay Kei Hattori · Shigemi Yamamoto
Cinematography Setsuo Kobayashi
Original title Ah! Nomugi toge
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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