The Most Beautiful

The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful
	Theatrical release poster
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
Production; company	Toho Studios
Distributed by	Toho Company
Release date	April 13, 1944;
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.