Released:
1944-04-13

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.

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Runtime:
1h 25min

Genre:
Drama, War

• 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