ejlin wrote:
> This movie was made in the late 1980's.  It is about a young girl who is 
> sent away from her home with many other girls of that time to work in a 
> textile mill (near Kyoto, I think).  It is a very harsh winter.  She is 
> sad, lonely, and eventually develops a lung disease.
> 
> Does anyone know the name of this movie and the leading actress's name?

Otake Shinobu ... and I remember seeing the movie, but forget the name. 
  In reality, the movie was pretty forgettable.  One of those "we all 
cried together" kinds of things that Japanese love to sit in theaters 
and feel miserable together watching.

CL