Movie Description
あゝ野麦峠
(1979)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Satsuo Yamamoto
- Producer : Tokuko Miyako,Takero Itō
- Editor : Jun Nabeshima
- Cast : Shinobu Otake,Mieko Harada,Chikako Yuri,Yuko Kotegawa,Takeo Chii,Shinichirō Mikami,Kohji Moritsugu,Makoto Akatsuka,Sen Yamamoto,Hōsei Komatsu,Akihiko Hirata,Sanae Nakahara,Mari Okamoto,Ako Asano,Kyoko Tsuda,Tanie Kitabayashi,Kō Nishimura,Rentaro Mikuni,Mizuho Suzuki,Akiko Shikata,Kuniko Ishii,Yasuko Sanjo,Miwa Saitō,Tatsu Nakamura,Akiko Nomura,Hiroko Machida,Imari Tsuji,Hideo Fukuhara,Takashi Ebata,Fujio Nagahama,Hiroshi Kiyama,Akira Kimura,Kōjirō Kusanagi,Tadayoshi Ueda,Saburo Satoki,Matabe Watabe,Toshitaka Itō,Katsuhiro Oyama,Toshizō Kudō,Shin Tonomura,Michio Inoue,Yoshihiko Tabata,Masanori Irie,Megumi Ayukawa,Rie Arai,Yuko Setsu
Cast
Hirai - Toki
Narrator (voice)
Sada Matsumoto
Moto Masai
Kiku's father
Matchmaker
Kikugoro Masai
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Facts
Original Titleあゝ野麦峠
Status Released
Release Information
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1979-06-30
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 34m
Production CompaniesShin Nippon Eiga
Genres
- Drama
- History
