BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS

Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes a battery case having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is mounted, and a sealing portion formed by sealing an outer periphery thereof; an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode tab included in the electrode assembly and protruding out of the battery case via the sealing portion; and a lead film located at a portion corresponding to the sealing portion in at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the electrode lead, wherein the lead film has a dented portion that is recessed in an inner direction of the battery case, the dented portion is opened toward the outside of the battery case, the sealing portion located on a gas inlet portion of the dented portion has a recessed sealing portion that is recessed outward from an inner side of the battery case, and the recessed sealing portion does not overlap with at least a part of the gas inlet portion on a plane.