Nomugi Pass (1979)
Drama
History
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.
Cast
Hirai - Toki
Narrator (voice)
Sada Matsumoto
Moto Masai
Kiku's father
Matchmaker
Kikugoro Masai
Crew
Director
Original Story
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Original Music Composer
Sound Recordist
Lighting Technician
Editor
Assistant Director