The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful (1944)


  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1944-04-13
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 52 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
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From 52 Ratings

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.

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  • Takashi Shimura

    as Chief Goro Ishida

  • Shōji Kiyokawa

    as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

  • Ichirō Sugai

    as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

  • Takako Irie

    as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

  • Yôko Yaguchi

    as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

  • Sayuri Tanima

    as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

  • Sachiko Ozaki

    as Sachiko Yamazaki

  • Shizuko Nishigaki

    as Fusae Nishioka

  • Asako Suzuki

    as Asako Suzumura

  • Haruko Toyama

    as Masako Koyama

  • Aiko Masu

    as Tokiko Hiroda

  • Kazuko Hitomi

    as Kazuko Futomi

  • Shizuko Yamada

    as Hisae Yamaguchi

  • Itoko Kōno

    as Sue Okabe

  • Emiko Rei

    as Chie Shima (uncredited)

  • Haruko Mii

    as Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

  • Minori Toyohara

    as Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

  • Eiko Hirayama

    as Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

  • Harue Yamashita

    as Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

  • Mineko Mashiro

    as Mineko Bando (uncredited)

  • Isuzu Miyakawa

    as Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

  • Michiko Oikawa

    as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

  • Teruko Kato

    as Teruko Sato (uncredited)

  • Akitake Kōno

    as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

  • Unpei Yokoyama

    as Dormitory worker (uncredited)

  • Chieko Nakakita

    as Student worker (uncredited)

  • Koyuri Tanima

    as Factory worker (uncredited)
Directing Akira Kurosawa Director
Writing Akira Kurosawa Writer
Production Motohiko Itō Producer
Production Jin Usami Producer
Art Teruaki Abe Production Design
Sound Seiichi Suzuki Music
Camera Jōji Ohara Director of Photography

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