Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.

Sumiko Hidaka
Haruki Takae

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hagimura

Yasumi Hara
Miyaji

Hatae Kishi
Okimi

Tanie Kitabayashi
Aunt of Matsutaro

Eijirō Tōno
President Kunio
Michiko Katsura
Kayo Haruki
Kenji Susukida
Father

Miki Odagiri
Fusa-chan

Jun Tatara
Kuroiwa
Ranko Akagi

Seiji Miyaguchi
Okimi's father

Izumi Hara
Yasushi Nagata
Takagi

Kinzō Shin
Nakai