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The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.587/10

Release Date

13 April 1944

Country

Japan

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

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

Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu

Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Shizuko Yamada

Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kōno

Itoko Kōno

Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei

Emiko Rei

Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii

Haruko Mii

Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara

Minori Toyohara

Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama

Eiko Hirayama

Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

Harue Yamashita

Harue Yamashita

Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Bando (uncredited)

Isuzu Miyakawa

Isuzu Miyakawa

Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Teruko Kato

Teruko Kato

Teruko Sato (uncredited)

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Student worker (uncredited)

Koyuri Tanima

Koyuri Tanima

Factory worker (uncredited)

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