
1944
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

Shizuko Yamada
Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kōno
Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei
Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii
Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama
Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

Harue Yamashita
Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

Mineko Mashiro
Mineko Bando (uncredited)

Isuzu Miyakawa
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

Michiko Oikawa
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Teruko Kato
Teruko Sato (uncredited)

Akitake Kōno
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Unpei Yokoyama
Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita
Student worker (uncredited)

Koyuri Tanima
Factory worker (uncredited)

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

The Last Emperor

Soldier of Orange

Life Is Beautiful

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Downfall

Gandhi

Closely Watched Trains

Turning Tide

Judgment at Nuremberg

The Takeover

Pearl Harbor

The Tin Drum

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

The Adventures of Werner Holt

Valkyrie

Jakob the Liar

Two Mothers

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

Memoirs of a Geisha