Story :The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.
Cast
Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida
Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko YaguchiTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Sayuri TanimaYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko OzakiSachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko NishigakiFusae Nishioka
Asako SuzukiAsako Suzumura
Haruko ToyamaMasako Koyama
Aiko MasuTokiko Hiroda
Kazuko HitomiKazuko Futomi
Shizuko YamadaHisae Yamaguchi
Itoko KōnoSue Okabe
Emiko ReiChie Shima (uncredited)
Haruko MiiHaruko Kawai (uncredited)
Minori ToyoharaMinori Yoyota (uncredited)
Eiko HirayamaYoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
Harue YamashitaKiyo Mishima (uncredited)
Mineko MashiroMineko Bando (uncredited)
Isuzu MiyakawaShizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Michiko OikawaMichiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Teruko KatoTeruko Sato (uncredited)
Akitake KōnoFire and drum band instructor (uncredited)