The Most Beautiful
Original title: 一番美しく
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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.
The Most Beautiful cast
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Chief Goro Ishida
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Shōji Kiyokawa
Character:
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
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Ichirō Sugai
Character:
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
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Takako Irie
Character:
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
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Yôko Yaguchi
Character:
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
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Sayuri Tanima
Character:
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
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Sachiko Ozaki
Character:
Sachiko Yamazaki
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Shizuko Nishigaki
Character:
Fusae Nishioka
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Asako Suzuki
Character:
Asako Suzumura
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Haruko Toyama
Character:
Masako Koyama
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Aiko Masu
Character:
Tokiko Hiroda
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Kazuko Hitomi
Character:
Kazuko Futomi
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Shizuko Yamada
Character:
Hisae Yamaguchi
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Itoko Kōno
Character:
Sue Okabe
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Emiko Rei
Character:
Chie Shima (uncredited)
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Haruko Mii
Character:
Haruko Kawai (uncredited)
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Minori Toyohara
Character:
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
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Eiko Hirayama
Character:
Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)
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Harue Yamashita
Character:
Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)
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Mineko Mashiro
Character:
Mineko Bando (uncredited)
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Isuzu Miyakawa
Character:
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
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Michiko Oikawa
Character:
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
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Teruko Kato
Character:
Teruko Sato (uncredited)
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Akitake Kōno
Character:
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
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Unpei Yokoyama
Character:
Dormitory worker (uncredited)
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Chieko Nakakita
Character:
Student worker (uncredited)
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Koyuri Tanima
Character:
Factory worker (uncredited)
