Cast & crew
The Most Beautiful (1944)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Akira Kurosawa
Cast
| Shōji Kiyokawa | Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section |
| Ichirō Sugai | Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section |
| Takashi Shimura | Chief Goro Ishida |
| Takako Irie | Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother |
| Yôko Yaguchi | Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers |
| Sayuri Tanima | Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers |
| Sachiko Ozaki | Sachiko Yamazaki |
| Shizuko Nishigaki | Fusae Nishioka |
| Asako Suzuki | Asako Suzumura |
| Haruko Toyama | Masako Koyama |
| Aiko Masu | Tokiko Hiroda |
| Kazuko Hitomi | Kazuko Futomi |
| Itoko Kōno | Sue Okabe |
| Emiko Rei | Chie Shima (uncredited) |
| Haruko Mii | Haruko Kawai (uncredited) |
| Minori Toyohara | Minori Yoyota (uncredited) |
| Shizuko Yamada | Hisae Yamaguchi |
| Eiko Hirayama | Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited) |
| Harue Yamashita | Kiyo Mishima (uncredited) |
| Mineko Mashiro | Mineko Bando (uncredited) |
| Isuzu Miyakawa | Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited) |
| Michiko Oikawa | Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited) |
| Teruko Kato | Teruko Sato (uncredited) |
| Koyuri Tanima | Factory Worker (uncredited) |
| Chieko Nakakita | Student worker (uncredited) |
| Akitake Kōno | Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited) |
| Unpei Yokoyama | Dormitory worker (uncredited) |
Crew
| Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Akira Kurosawa | Writer |
| Motohiko Itō | Producer |
| Jōji Ohara | Director of Photography |
| Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
| Jin Usami | Producer |
| Seiichi Suzuki | Music |