The Most Beautiful
(1944)
★ 5.6 IMDb · 59 votes
Year: 1944
Runtime: 85 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Акира Куросава
Cast: Такаси Симура, Shôji Kiyokawa, Итиро Сугай, 入江たか子, 矢口陽子, 谷間小百合, Sachiko Ozaki, Shizuko Nishigaki, Asako Suzuki, Haruko Toyama
Plot
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.