The Most Beautiful

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5.5

NR

Genre: Drama War
Release year: 1944
Running time: 85 min
Country: Japan

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.

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Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
Chieko Nakakita
Student worker (uncredited)
Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Akitake Kōno
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Itoko Kōno
Sue Okabe
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Motohiko Itō
Producer
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
Jin Usami
Producer
Jōji Ohara
Director of Photography
Seiichi Suzuki
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