The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful

85 mins | Drama, War | April 13, 1944

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.

The Most Beautiful

85 mins | Drama, War | April 13, 1944

The Most Beautiful
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 一番美しく
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Takashi Shimura

as Chief Goro Ishida

Shôji Kiyokawa

as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai

as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie

as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi

as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima

as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki

as Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

as Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki

as Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama

as Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu

as Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi

as Kazuko Futomi

Shizuko Yamada

as Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kôno

as Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei

as Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii

as Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara

as Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama

as Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

Harue Yamashita

as Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

Mineko Mashiro

as Mineko Bando (uncredited)

Isuzu Miyakawa

as Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

Michiko Oikawa

as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Teruko Kato

as Teruko Sato (uncredited)

Akitake Kôno

as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Unpei Yokoyama

as Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita

as Student worker (uncredited)

Koyuri Tanima

as Factory worker (uncredited)