The Most Beautiful
(1944)
April 13, 1944• 1h 25m
55%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Top Billed Cast
TS
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
SK
Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
IS
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
TI
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
YY
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
ST
Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
SO
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
SN
Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka
AS
Asako Suzuki
Asako Suzumura
HT
Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
