The Most Beautiful
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Written by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Motohiko Ito Jin Usami |
| Starring | Yōko Yaguchi Rija Shalom Ichiro Sugai |
| Cinematography | Jōji Ohara |
| Music by | Seiichi Suzuki |
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| Distributed by | Toho Company |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Most Beautiful (一番美しく, Ichiban utsukushiku) is a 1944 Japanese drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film is set in an optics factory during the Second World War when the film was produced.
Plot
The film depicts the struggle for the workers at a lens factory to meet production targets during World War II. They continually drive themselves, both singly and as a group, to exceed the targets set for them by the factory directors.
Cast
Critical reception
Paul Anderer of Columbia University has commented on the subtext of the film having been released during the war years for Japan. Anderer offers the opinion that; "It is as if Kurosawa himself were in this lineup (of directors under state scrutiny), frozen inside wartime, when any significant movement or resistance to the authority would be stillborn. Surrounded by a censorship apparatus far more resourceful and intimidating, he would later claim, than anything the American Occupation threw his way, he had few thematic or tonal options: historical tributes to Japanese spiritual and martial values (like Sanshiro Sugata and its weaker sequel), or patriotic odes to factor production and sacrificial domesticity (e.g., The Most Beautiful, 1944)".[1]
External links
- The Most Beautiful at IMDb
- The Most Beautiful at AllMovie
- The Most Beautiful Template:Ja icon at the Japanese Movie Database
References
- ^ Anderer, Paul (2016). Kurosawa's Rashomon. Pegasus Books.
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