The Most Beautiful
19441h 25m5.6
Drama, War
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- Japan
About
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.
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writing
- Akira Kurosawa
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Apr 13, 1944
- Studio
- TOHO
Cast
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
Aiko Masu
Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi
Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada
Hisae Yamaguchi
Itoko Kono
Sue Okabe
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)
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