Nomugi Pass

is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. Cast Shinobu Otake as Mine Masai Mieko Harada as Yuki Shinoda Chikako Yūri as Hana Mishima Yūko Kotegawa as Kiku Shoji Rentarō Mikuni as Tokichi Adachi Plot An indictment of the treatment of Meiji period silkworkers by their employers. Production The film was one of the last made by director Satsuo Yamamoto and was followed by a 1982 sequel, his final work, Nomugi Pass II (Ā, Nomugi tōge: Shinryoku hen).