The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful (1944)

Drama War

The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.

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  • Release Date: 1944-04-13
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    • Cast

    • Takashi Shimura

      Chief Goro Ishida

    • Shōji Kiyokawa

      Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

    • Ichirō Sugai

      Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

    • Takako Irie

      Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

    • Yôko Yaguchi

      Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

    • Sayuri Tanima

      Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

    • Sachiko Ozaki

      Sachiko Yamazaki

    • Shizuko Nishigaki

      Fusae Nishioka

    • Asako Suzuki

      Asako Suzumura

    • Haruko Toyama

      Masako Koyama

    • Aiko Masu

      Tokiko Hiroda

    • Kazuko Hitomi

      Kazuko Futomi

    • Shizuko Yamada

      Hisae Yamaguchi

    • Itoko Kōno

      Sue Okabe

    • Emiko Rei

      Chie Shima (uncredited)

    • Haruko Mii

      Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

    • Minori Toyohara

      Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

    • Eiko Hirayama

      Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

    • Harue Yamashita

      Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

    • Mineko Mashiro

      Mineko Bando (uncredited)

    • Isuzu Miyakawa

      Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

    • Michiko Oikawa

      Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

    • Teruko Kato

      Teruko Sato (uncredited)

    • Akitake Kōno

      Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

    • Unpei Yokoyama

      Dormitory worker (uncredited)

    • Chieko Nakakita

      Student worker (uncredited)

    • Koyuri Tanima

      Factory worker (uncredited)

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