The Most Beautiful (2017)

  • U
  • 01/25/2017 (FR)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 25m

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.

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Writer

Cast

Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa's headshot

Shōji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai's headshot

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie's headshot

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi's headshot

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Sayuri Tanima's headshot

Sayuri Tanima

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki's headshot

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki's headshot

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

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