The Most Beautiful

5.5
19441h 25m

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

Photo of Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Photo of Shōji Kiyokawa

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Photo of Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Photo of Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Photo of Yôko Yaguchi

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Photo of Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Photo of Shizuko Nishigaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Photo of Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Photo of Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Photo of Shizuko Yamada

Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi

Photo of Itoko Kōno

Itoko Kōno

Sue Okabe

Photo of Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Photo of Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Photo of Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Student worker (uncredited)

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