Boško Buha
1978
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.
Akira Kurosawa
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Chief Goro Ishida
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
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