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 Shimura

Shōji Kiyokawa

Ichirō Sugai

Takako Irie

Yôko Yaguchi

Sayuri Tanima

Sachiko Ozaki

Shizuko Nishigaki