Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, enduring illness, injury, and personal hardship to “serve the country.” Led by Tsuru Watanabe, they fight fatigue and setbacks to keep their line moving—even when duty collides with grief.
Top Cast
Takashi Shimura as Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
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