"They found something in everything"
Ichiban utsukushiku [The Most Beautiful]

Salt Beyoğlu

October 23, 2025 19.00

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Still from Ichiban utsukushiku [The Most Beautiful] (1944)
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Walk-in Cinema

Ichiban utsukushiku [The Most Beautiful] (1944)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
85 minutes
Japanese; Turkish subtitles

Ichiban utsukushiku [The Most Beautiful] portrays female volunteer workers at an optics factory producing lenses for aircraft during World War II. Drawing on propaganda aesthetics, director Akira Kurosawa bends the conventions of documentary filmmaking to establish his own cinematic language.

The film sheds light on the political and social dynamics of the era, while also anticipating the aesthetics of postwar social realism.

The film will be screened in its original language with Turkish subtitles.

In accordance with Article 7 of Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, films that have not been assessed and classified by the General Directorate of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, can only be screened under the classification of 18+ at festivals, special screenings or similar culture and arts events.
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