The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

1944
1h 25m
5.5

5.5/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 一番美しく
Release Date April 13, 1944
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0036947

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
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
Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu
Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi
Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Motohiko Itō
Producer
Jin Usami
Producer