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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida
Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko YaguchiTsuru Watanabe, president of women workersSayuri Tanima
Sayuri TanimaYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko OzakiSachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko NishigakiFusae Nishioka
Asako SuzukiAsako SuzumuraHaruko Toyama
Haruko ToyamaMasako KoyamaAiko Masu
Aiko MasuTokiko Hiroda
Kazuko HitomiKazuko FutomiExplore the crew
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Jin Usami
- Writer
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Motohiko Itō
- Director of Photography
- Jōji Ohara