Nomugi Pass
1979 film
- Takero Ito
- Kanji Mochimaru
- Tokuko Miyaku[1]
Production
company
company
Shin Neon Eiga Production[1]
Release date
- June 9, 1979 (1979-06-09)
Running time
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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Galbraith IV 2008, p. 315.
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「あゝ野麦峠」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b Jacoby 2008, p. 350–353.
References
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
- Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
External links
- Nomugi Pass at IMDb
- あゝ野麦峠 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
- Tsubasa no gaika (1942)
- War and Peace (1947)
- Street of Violence (1950)
- Ballad of the Cart (1959)
- Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
- Men and War (1970–73)
- Nomugi Pass (1979)
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