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
Shōji Kiyokawa
Ichirō Sugai
Takako Irie
Yôko Yaguchi
Sayuri Tanima
Sachiko Ozaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
Asako Suzuki
Haruko Toyama
Aiko Masu
Kazuko Hitomi
Shizuko Yamada
Itoko Kono
Emiko Rei
Casablanca
The English Patient
Das Boot
The Great Escape: The Reckoning
The 12th Man
Villa Marguerite
The Promised Land
To Be or Not to Be
Sea Raiders
Pearl Harbor
Life Is Beautiful
Stalag 17
Soldier of Orange
The African Queen
Rome, Open City
Schindler's List
The Last Emperor
The Tin Drum
The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Pianist
