The Most Beautiful

IMDb 5.5 1944 85 min DramaWar

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa
Shōji Kiyokawa Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie
Takako Irie Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
Yôko Yaguchi Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers