
The Most Beautiful
1944•85 min•
★5.6
DramaWar
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.
Cast & Crew

Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida

Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki
Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama

DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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