The Most Beautiful (1944)
- Drama
- War
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.
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (59 votes)
- Release date
- April 13, 1944
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- Japanese
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Status
- Released
Top cast
Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida
Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko YaguchiTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Sayuri TanimaYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko OzakiSachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko NishigakiFusae Nishioka
Asako SuzukiAsako Suzumura- Haruko ToyamaMasako Koyama
- Aiko MasuTokiko Hiroda
Kazuko HitomiKazuko Futomi
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