The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

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1944
1h 25m
5.6(52 votes)
Drama
War

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.

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27 members
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志村喬

Chief Goro Ishida

志村喬
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Shôji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Shôji Kiyokawa
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菅井一郎

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

菅井一郎
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入江たか子

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

入江たか子
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矢口陽子

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

矢口陽子
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谷間小百合

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

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Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Sachiko Ozaki
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Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Shizuko Nishigaki
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Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Asako Suzuki
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Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

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Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

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Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Kazuko Hitomi
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Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi

Shizuko Yamada
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河野糸子

Sue Okabe

河野糸子
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Emiko Rei

Chie Shima (uncredited)

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Haruko Mii

Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

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Minori Toyohara

Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

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Eiko Hirayama

Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

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Harue Yamashita

Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

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Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Bando (uncredited)

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Isuzu Miyakawa

Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

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及川道子

Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

及川道子
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加藤照子

Teruko Sato (uncredited)

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河野秋武

Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

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横山運平

Dormitory worker (uncredited)

横山運平
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中北千枝子

Student worker (uncredited)

中北千枝子
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Koyuri Tanima

Factory worker (uncredited)

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