The Most Beautiful
movie
Released April 13, 1944
Overview
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.
Cast
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
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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
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Haruko Toyama
as
Masako Koyama
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Aiko Masu
as
Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi
as
Kazuko Futomi
