| The Most Beautiful | |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Screenplay by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Motohiko Ito Jin Usami |
| Starring | Takashi Shimura Yoko Yaguchi Ichiro Sugai Takako Irie |
| Cinematography | Joji Ohara |
| Music by | Sei'ichi Suzuki |
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| Distributed by | Toho Company |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Most Beautiful (Japanese: 一番美しく, Hepburn: Ichiban Utsukushiku) is a 1944 Japanese drama and propaganda film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The semidocumentary film follows a group of female volunteer workers at an optics factory during the Second World War, during which the film was produced.