The read
It runs long at 2h 34m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Satsuo YamamotoDirector
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Kei HattoriScreenplay
Cast
- Shinobu OtakeCast
- Mieko HaradaCast
- Chikako YuriCast
- Yuko KotegawaCast
- Takeo ChiiCast
- Shinichirō MikamiCast
- Kohji MoritsuguCast
- Makoto AkatsukaCast
- Sen YamamotoCast
- Hōsei KomatsuCast
- Akihiko HirataCast
- Sanae NakaharaCast