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The Most Beautiful

5.6 1944 1h 25mU
DramaWar

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

VISUAL ARCHIVE

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CAST

The people behind the story

Takashi Shimura
Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa
Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie
Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
Yôko YaguchiTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
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Sayuri TanimaYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko OzakiSachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
Shizuko NishigakiFusae Nishioka
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