The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

1h 25m 5.5/10

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.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Top Billed Cast

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Shōji Kiyokawa

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

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