The Most Beautiful

Name: The Most Beautiful
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1944-04-13
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Shōji Kiyokawa, Ichirō Sugai, Takako Irie, Yôko Yaguchi

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1944 · 85 min · Drama · War · TMDB 5.6/10

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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