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The Most Beautiful is a 1944 Japanese drama film directed and written by Akira Kurosawa. Produced and distributed by Toho, the black-and-white movie was released on April 13, 1944. The cast includes Takashi Shimura, Ichirō Sugai, Yōko Yaguchi, and Takako Irie. The film is set in a factory and focuses on working women during World War II.
The runtime is 85 minutes. It has received a vote average of 5.527 on TMDb and a rating of 5.6 on IMDb. The film is available on the Criterion Channel. Its original language is Japanese, and its title in that language is 一番美しく.
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Film · TMDB
5.5Young 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.
Cast
- Takashi Shimura as Chief Goro Ishida
- Shōji Kiyokawa as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section
- Ichirō Sugai as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
- Takako Irie as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
- Yôko Yaguchi as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
- Sayuri Tanima as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers
Themes
- factory
- world war ii
- working women
- optical
- musical instruments
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenwriter
- Akira Kurosawa
- Production company
- Toho
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 959472
- Image
- Ichiban utsukushiku poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- title
- 一番美しく
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Toho
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- factory
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