The Most Beautiful
一番美しく
Release: 1944-04-13
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.6
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Takako Irie
as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki
as Sachiko Yamazaki
Takashi Shimura
as Chief Goro Ishida
Ichirō Sugai
as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Shizuko Nishigaki
as Fusae Nishioka
Kazuko Hitomi
as Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada
as Hisae Yamaguchi
Itoko Kōno
as Sue Okabe
Unpei Yokoyama
as Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Shōji Kiyokawa
as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Asako Suzuki
as Asako Suzumura
Michiko Oikawa
as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita
as Student worker (uncredited)
