
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
Status
Released
Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers