📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1944-04-13
⌚ Running Time:
85 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
5.587
Beloved Cast
Chief Goro Ishida
Takashi Shimura
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Shōji Kiyokawa
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Ichirō Sugai
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Takako Irie
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yôko Yaguchi
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sayuri Tanima
Sachiko Yamazaki
Sachiko Ozaki
Fusae Nishioka
Shizuko Nishigaki
Asako Suzumura
Asako Suzuki
Masako Koyama
Haruko Toyama
Tokiko Hiroda
Aiko Masu
Kazuko Futomi
Kazuko Hitomi
Hisae Yamaguchi
Shizuko Yamada
Sue Okabe
Itoko Kōno
Chie Shima (uncredited)
Emiko Rei
Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
Haruko Mii
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
Minori Toyohara
Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
Eiko Hirayama
Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
Harue Yamashita
Mineko Bando (uncredited)
Mineko Mashiro
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Isuzu Miyakawa
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Michiko Oikawa
Teruko Sato (uncredited)
Teruko Kato
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Akitake Kōno
Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Unpei Yokoyama
Student worker (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita
Factory worker (uncredited)
Koyuri Tanima
