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1944
  • Drama
  • War

The Most Beautiful

一番美しく
Runtime
1h 25m
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Countries
  • JP
  • Japan
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Languages
  • ja
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.

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Akira Kurosawa
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Cast
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
Shôji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    April 13, 1944
  • Original Language
    Japanese
  • Production Companies
    • Toho Company, Ltd.

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