The Most Beautiful

1h 25min

Drama

War

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

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Sayuri Tanima

Sayuri Tanima

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura
Haruko Toyama

Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama
Aiko Masu

Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada

Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi
Itoko Kōno

Itoko Kōno

Sue Okabe
Emiko Rei

Emiko Rei

Chie Shima (uncredited)
Haruko Mii

Haruko Mii

Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
Minori Toyohara

Minori Toyohara

Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
Eiko Hirayama

Eiko Hirayama

Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
Harue Yamashita

Harue Yamashita

Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Bando (uncredited)
Isuzu Miyakawa

Isuzu Miyakawa

Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Teruko Kato

Teruko Kato

Teruko Sato (uncredited)
Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Student worker (uncredited)
Koyuri Tanima

Koyuri Tanima

Factory worker (uncredited)

Release date

13th Apr 1944

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語