The Most Beautiful (1944)

Drama
War

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.

Cast

Chief Goro Ishida
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Tokiko Hiroda
Kazuko Futomi
Hisae Yamaguchi
Sue Okabe
Chie Shima (uncredited)
Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
Mineko Bando (uncredited)
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
Teruko Sato (uncredited)
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Dormitory worker (uncredited)
Student worker (uncredited)
Factory worker (uncredited)
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Yamazaki
Fusae Nishioka
Asako Suzumura
Masako Koyama

Crew

Producer
Cinematography
Production Design