The Film
The Most Beautiful
The Story
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.
Runtime
85 min
Released Apr 1944
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written byAkira Kurosawa
Marquee
6 of 20
Gallery
The Stills.
