1944
5.6 (51 votes)
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
War
Production Companies
TOHO
The Most Beautiful (一番美しく)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Motohiko Itō, Jin Usami
Director of Photography: Jōji Ohara
Top Cast
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
Shōji 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
Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
Shizuko Nishigaki
Fusae Nishioka
