The Most Beautiful (1944)
Drama
War
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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
Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Ch...
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of...
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, do...
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, pres...
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Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vic...
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzuki
Asako Suzumura
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Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
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Aiko Masu
Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Hitomi
Kazuko Futomi
Shizuko Yamada
Hisae Yamaguchi
Itoko Kōno
Sue Okabe
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Emiko Rei
Chie Shima (uncredit...