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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.
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TOHO
Original Title
一番美しく
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →T
Takashi Shimura
Chief Goro Ishida
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Shōji Kiyokawa
Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
I
Ichirō Sugai
Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
T
Takako Irie
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
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Yôko Yaguchi
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
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Sayuri Tanima
Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
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Sachiko Ozaki
Sachiko Yamazaki
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Haruko Toyama
Masako Koyama
I
Itoko Kono
Sue Okabe
M
Minori Toyohara
Minori Yoyota (uncredited)
I
Isuzu Miyakawa
Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)
M
Michiko Oikawa
Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)
T
Teruko Kato
Teruko Sato (uncredited)
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Akitake Kōno
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
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Unpei Yokoyama
Dormitory worker (uncredited)
C
Chieko Nakakita
Student worker (uncredited)
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