Nomugi Pass (あゝ野麦峠, Ah, Nomugi Pass) is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.^[2]

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.^[3]

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).^[1][3]

Release

A roadshow version of the film was released in Japan on June 9, 1979 where it was distributed by Toho.^[1] It received a general release on June 30, 1979.^[1] The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and was the second highest grossing among domestic releases.^[1]

The film was released in the United States with English-subtitles by Toho International on December 28, 1979.^[1]

Reception

In Japan, at the 34th Mainichi Film Awards, Nomugi Pass won the awards for Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Score.^[1] At the Japanese Academy Awards, the film won the award for Best Sound, and Best Music Score (Masaru Sato).^[1]

Footnotes

References

External links

• Nomugi Pass at IMDb
• あゝ野麦峠 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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