The Most Beautiful

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 13, 1944

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO

Cast

Takashi Shimura,Shōji Kiyokawa,Ichirō Sugai,Takako Irie,Yôko Yaguchi,Sayuri Tanima,Sachiko Ozaki,Shizuko Nishigaki,Asako Suzuki,Haruko Toyamaand 17 more

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writer

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Jin Usami,Motohiko Itō

Cinematography

Jōji Ohara

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0036947