Nomugi Pass (1979)

Name: Nomugi Pass
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1979-06-30
Cast: Mizuho Suzuki, Akiko Nomura, Hideo Fukuhara, Matabe Watabe, Saburo Satoki

Drama History

Release Date:	1979, June 30
Directors:	Satsuo Yamamoto
Countries:	Japan
Cast:	Mizuho Suzuki, Akiko Nomura, Hideo Fukuhara, Matabe Watabe, Saburo Satoki, Ako Asano, Kuniko Ishii

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.

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Critics Rating:	63

Nomugi Pass (1979)

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