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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1944-04-13
Runtime: 85 mins
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama, War
Original title: The Most Beautiful
Production Companies: TOHO
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Takashi Shimura
Shōji Kiyokawa
Ichirō Sugai
Takako Irie
Yôko Yaguchi
Sayuri Tanima
Sachiko Ozaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
Asako Suzuki
Haruko Toyama
Aiko Masu
Kazuko Hitomi
Shizuko Yamada
Itoko Kōno
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