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.
as Chief Goro Ishida
as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
as Sachiko Yamazaki
as Fusae Nishioka
as Asako Suzumura
as Masako Koyama
as Tokiko Hiroda
as Kazuko Futomi
as Hisae Yamaguchi
as Sue Okabe
as Chie Shima (uncredited)
as Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
as Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
as Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
as Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
as Mineko Bando (uncredited)
as Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
as Teruko Sato (uncredited)
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
as Dormitory worker (uncredited)
as Student worker (uncredited)
as Factory worker (uncredited)
