The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

Original title: 一番美しく

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5.6/10

(52)

4/13/1944

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1h 25min

The Most Beautiful

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Drama
War

Synopsis

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.

Direction: Akira Kurosawa

Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Motohiko Itô, Jin Usami

Cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Shôji Kiyokawa

Shôji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

菅井一郎

菅井一郎

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

入江たか子

入江たか子

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

矢口陽子

矢口陽子

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi