The Most Beautiful(一番美しく)
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Japan · 1944
1h 25m
Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Takashi Shimura, Shôji Kiyokawa, Ichirō Sugai, Takako Irie
Genre Drama, War
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The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.
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