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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Nomugi Pass Cast
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Yūko Kotegawa
She was 20, now 65 years old
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Mizuho Suzuki
He was 51, now 97 years old
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as Narrator (voice) |
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Akihiko Hirata
He was 51, 56 years old when he died
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Rentarō Mikuni
He was 56, 90 years old when he died
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Kô Nishimura
He was 56, 74 years old when he died
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Mieko Harada
She was 20, now 66 years old
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Tanie Kitabayashi
She was 68, 98 years old when she died
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Koji Moritsugu
He was 36, now 81 years old
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Sanae Nakahara
She was 43, 76 years old when she died
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Shinichirô Mikami
He was 38, 77 years old when he died
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Takeo Chii
He was 37, 70 years old when he died
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Chikako Yuri
She was 22, now 67 years old
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Hôsei Komatsu
He was 54, 78 years old when he died
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Shinobu Otake
She was 21, now 67 years old
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Nomugi Pass Crew
