The Most Beautiful
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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Chief Goro Ishida
Takashi ShimuraSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Shōji KiyokawaKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Ichirō SugaiNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Takako IrieTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yôko YaguchiYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sayuri TanimaSachiko Yamazaki
Sachiko OzakiFusae Nishioka
Shizuko NishigakiAsako Suzumura
Asako SuzukiMasako Koyama
Haruko Toyama
Takashi ShimuraSoichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
Shōji KiyokawaKen Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
Ichirō SugaiNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Takako IrieTsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Yôko YaguchiYuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Sayuri TanimaSachiko Yamazaki
Sachiko OzakiFusae Nishioka
Shizuko NishigakiAsako Suzumura
Asako SuzukiMasako Koyama
Haruko Toyama
