Nomugi Pass

Nomugi Pass

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 30, 1979

Runtime

2h 34m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

63%

Original Title

あゝ野麦峠

Director

Satsuo Yamamoto

Description

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.