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.
Stars: Shinobu Ôtake, Mieko Harada, Chikako Yuri, Yuko Kotegawa, Takeo Chii, Shinichirō Mikami
Crew: Toshio Goto (Assistant Director), Satsuo Yamamoto (Director), Setsuo Kobayashi (Director of Photography), Shigemi Yamamoto (Original Story), Kei Hattori (Screenplay), Tokuko Miyako (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: English, 日本語
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Runtime: 154 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 30, 1979
IMDb: 4.7
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