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The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful1944

★5.685 minDramaWar

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Takashi Shimura Shōji Kiyokawa Ichirō Sugai

Cast27

Takashi Shimura
as Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa
as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai
as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie
as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
S
Sayuri Tanima
as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki
as Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
as Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzuki
as Asako Suzumura
H
Haruko Toyama
as Masako Koyama
A
Aiko Masu
as Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi
as Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada
as Hisae Yamaguchi
Itoko Kono
as Sue Okabe
E
Emiko Rei
as Chie Shima (uncredited)
H
Haruko Mii
as Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
M
Minori Toyohara
as Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
E
Eiko Hirayama
as Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
H
Harue Yamashita
as Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
M
Mineko Mashiro
as Mineko Bando (uncredited)
I
Isuzu Miyakawa
as Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Michiko Oikawa
as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
T
Teruko Kato
as Teruko Sato (uncredited)
Akitake Kōno
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Unpei Yokoyama
as Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita
as Student worker (uncredited)
K
Koyuri Tanima
as Factory worker (uncredited)

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