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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Shinobu OtakeCast
Mieko HaradaCast
Chikako YuriCast
Yuko KotegawaCast
Takeo ChiiCast
Shinichirō Mikami
Kohji MoritsuguCast
Makoto AkatsukaCast
Sen YamamotoCast
Hōsei KomatsuCast
Akihiko HirataCast
Sanae NakaharaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Satsuo Yamamoto
- Producer
- Takero Itō
- Director of Photography
- Setsuo Kobayashi
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Producer
- Tokuko Miyako
- Screenplay
- Kei Hattori
- Editor
- Jun Nabeshima