The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful

Movie·1944·1h 25m

The Most Beautiful

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 一番美しく

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.

Producer

Motohiko Itō, Jin Usami

Cinematography

Jōji Ohara

Themes

factoryworld war iiworking womenopticalmusical instruments

Production House

TOHO

Audience Score

55%

56 votes

Skip16%
Timepass37%
Go for it33%
Perfection14%

Where to watch

Region: IN

Free

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Cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Shōji Kiyokawa

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

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

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Shizuko Yamada

Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kōno

Itoko Kōno

Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei

Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii

Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara

Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama

Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Writer

Motohiko Itō

Producer

Jin Usami

Producer

Jōji Ohara

Jōji Ohara

Director of Photography

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