The Most Beautiful
- Drama
- War
4/13/1944
85
Storyline
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
Takashi ShimuraChief Goro Ishida- Shōji KiyokawaSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
- Ichirō SugaiKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako IrieNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother- Yôko YaguchiTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
- Sayuri TanimaYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
- Sachiko OzakiSachiko Yamazaki
- Shizuko NishigakiFusae Nishioka
Asako SuzukiAsako Suzumura- Haruko ToyamaMasako Koyama
- Aiko MasuTokiko Hiroda
- Kazuko HitomiKazuko Futomi
- Shizuko YamadaHisae Yamaguchi
- Itoko KōnoSue Okabe
- Emiko ReiChie Shima (uncredited)
- Haruko MiiHaruko Kawai (uncredited)