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.
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Takashi Shimura Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers Sayuri Tanima Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzuki Asako Suzumura Haruko Toyama Masako Koyama
Aiko Masu Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi Kazuko FutomiScreenings in Brussels
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