The Most Beautiful
5.6
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.
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Cast
27 people
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Also in
Sasaki Kojiro
The Fighting Magistrate
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Known for
Sanjuro
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Also in
Schoolgirl Records
The Monkey King
Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Known for
No Regrets for Our Youth
Repast
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
Also in
Three Women of the North
Uta e! Taiyō
Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka
Also in
World of Love
Asako Suzuki
Asako Suzumura
Also in
Police Precinct Part 7
Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
Also in
Ikiru
Drunken Angel
Aiko Masu
Tokiko Hiroda
No other roles listed
Kazuko Hitomi
Kazuko Futomi
No other roles listed
Akira Kurosawa Director · Jōji Ohara Cinematographer Teruaki Abe Production designer
First release April 13, 1944 · Produced in Japan · Original title 一番美しく
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
一番美しく
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 13, 1944
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 28, 2015 · Physical
January 25, 2017 · Theatrical
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