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The Most Beautiful
1944, Apr 13
1h 25m
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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Akira Kurosawa
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Unpei Yokoyama
Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
Chieko Nakakita
Student worker (uncredited)
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Itoko Kōno
Sue Okabe
Michiko Oikawa
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Asako Suzuki
Asako Suzumura
Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
Kazuko Hitomi
Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada
Hisae Yamaguchi
Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
Aiko Masu
Tokiko Hiroda
Emiko Rei
Chie Shima (uncredited)
Haruko Mii
Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
Minori Toyohara
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
Eiko Hirayama
Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
Harue Yamashita
Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
Mineko Mashiro
Mineko Bando (uncredited)
Isuzu Miyakawa
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Teruko Kato
Teruko Sato (uncredited)
Akitake Kōno
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Koyuri Tanima
Factory worker (uncredited)
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