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The Most Beautiful

1944 · Drama · movie4.52 ratings

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.

in 4 passports

cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Shōji Kiyokawa

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

director

Akira Kurosawa

where to watch

Criterion Channel

information

genres

Drama, War

original title

一番美しく

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