(1944, 1h 25m, Japan, Docudrama by Akira Kurosawa) This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agenda. Yet thanks to Akira Kurosawa’s groundbreaking semidocumentary approach, "The Most Beautiful" is a revealing look at Japanese women of […]
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