The Most Beautiful

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.

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Release date

13 Apr 1944

Runtime

1 h 25 min

• TMDB 5.6

Genres

• Drama
• War

Director

Akira Kurosawa

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Countries

• JP

Cast

Takashi Shimuraas Chief Goro IshidaShōji Kiyokawaas Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs SectionIchirō Sugaias Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor SectionTakako Irieas Noriko Mizushima, dorm motherYôko Yaguchias Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workersSTSayuri Tanimaas Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workersSachiko Ozakias Sachiko YamazakiShizuko Nishigakias Fusae NishiokaAsako Suzukias Asako SuzumuraHTHaruko Toyamaas Masako Koyama

Writers

Akira Kurosawa

Cinematography

Jōji Ohara

Studios

TOHO

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