

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.
You can stream The Most Beautiful on Criterion Channel.
The Most Beautiful was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The Most Beautiful runs for 1h 25min, and was released in 1944.
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