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.

Credits

Akira KurosawaDirector

Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida

Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother