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The Most Beautiful is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Akira Kurosawa released in france in DVD on 28 october 2015 with Yōko Yaguchi
The Most Beautiful (1944)
Ichiban utsukushiku
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Add to a movie listRelease in DVD in france 28 october 2015
Length 1h25
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
OriginJapon
Themes Politique, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating56%
The Most Beautiful (一番美しく, Ichiban utsukushiku, aka Most Beautifully) is a 1944 Japanese propaganda drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The film is set in an optics factory during the Second World War.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Yōko Yaguchi
(Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers)
Takashi Shimura
(Chief Goro Ishida)
Ichirō Sugai (菅井一郎)
(Ken Shinda, Chef de section de la main-d'œuvre)
Takako Irie
(Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother)
Michiko Oikawa
(Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited))
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