The Most Beautiful
IMDB:
5.5
Released
4/13/1944
Duration
1h 25m
Genre
Drama, War
Country
Japan
Cast
Takashi Shimura, Shōji Kiyokawa, Ichirō Sugai
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.
The Most Beautiful
IMDB:
5.5Released
4/13/1944
Genre
Drama, War
Cast
Takashi Shimura, Shōji Kiyokawa, Ichirō Sugai
Duration
1h 25m
Country
Japan
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.
Cast
Chief Goro Ishida
Takashi Shimura
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Shōji Kiyokawa
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Ichirō Sugai
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Takako Irie
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yôko Yaguchi
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sayuri Tanima
Sachiko Yamazaki
Sachiko Ozaki
Fusae Nishioka
Shizuko Nishigaki
Asako Suzumura
Asako Suzuki
Masako Koyama
Haruko Toyama
Tokiko Hiroda
Aiko Masu
Kazuko Futomi
