ejlin wrote:

> I may have given the wrong info about the movie because this is not the 
> actress.  Sorry.  Any other ideas?

Indeed.  The movie I referred to is named "Nomugi Toge" and was filmed 
in 1979.  It takes place in a silk mill during the early 1900s and the 
Otake character dies of tuberculosis at the end of the film.  The other 
female lead was Harada Mieko.

If that isn't it, maybe you should review your description and try again.