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The Most Beautiful

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Audience Score
56
The Most BeautifulCriterion Channel logoWatch on Criterion Channel
NR 1 hr 25 minDrama, War
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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.
StarringTakashi ShimuraShōji KiyokawaIchirō Sugai
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterAkira Kurosawa

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:TOHO
Movie Tags:
world war iifactoryworking womenmusical instrumentsoptical