The Most Beautiful (1944)
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
- Takashi Shimura — Chief Goro Ishida
- Shōji Kiyokawa — Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
- Ichirō Sugai — Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
- Takako Irie — Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
- Yôko Yaguchi — Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
- Sayuri Tanima — Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
- Sachiko Ozaki — Sachiko Yamazaki
- Shizuko Nishigaki — Fusae Nishioka
- Asako Suzuki — Asako Suzumura
- Haruko Toyama — Masako Koyama
- Aiko Masu — Tokiko Hiroda
- Kazuko Hitomi — Kazuko Futomi
Where to watch The Most Beautiful
Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
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