The Most Beautiful

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 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 KonoSue Okabe

Emiko ReiChie Shima (uncredited)