The Most Beautiful (2017)

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

Overview

The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Writer

Cast

Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida
Shôji Kiyokawa's headshot

Shôji 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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