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Nomugi Pass

Nomugi Pass (1979)

June. 30,1979
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Nomugi Pass

1979  / 2 hr 34 min

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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Director
Satsuo Yamamoto
Cast
Shinobu Ôtake, Mieko Harada
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