
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.

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 Futomi

Stalag 17
Stalag 17

Soldier of Orange
Soldier of Orange

Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful

The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum

Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor

Downfall
Downfall

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg

The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator

The Great Love
The Great Love

Gandhi
Gandhi

Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains