Nomugi Pass

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.

Cast

Shinobu Otake

Mieko Harada

Chikako Yuri

Yuko Kotegawa

Takeo Chii

Shinichirō Mikami

Kohji Moritsugu

Makoto Akatsuka

Sen Yamamoto

Hōsei Komatsu