The Most Beautiful (1944)

The Most Beautiful (1944)

1944-04-13 Japan 85 Min. PG-13
5.6 52 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

志村喬 is Chief Goro Ishida
Chief Goro Ishida
Shôji Kiyokawa is Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
菅井一郎 is Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
入江たか子 is Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
矢口陽子 is Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
谷間小百合 is Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki is Sachiko Yamazaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki is Fusae Nishioka
Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzuki is Asako Suzumura
Asako Suzumura
Haruko Toyama is Masako Koyama
Masako Koyama
Aiko Masu is Tokiko Hiroda
Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi is Kazuko Futomi
Kazuko Futomi