Those Who Make Tomorrow

Overview

In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.

Directed by Hideo Sekigawa, Kajirō Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa

Top cast

Chieko Nakakita

Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister

Mitsue Tachibana

Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister

Itoko Kono

Fumie, Actress

Yuriko Hamada

Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl

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Michiko Kayama

Kimiko, Dancing Girl (uncredited)

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Sayuri Tanima

Shizumi, Dancing girl (uncredited)

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Sumie Tsubaki

Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife (uncredited)

Hideko Takamine

Takamine

Susumu Fujita

Fujita

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Kenji Susukida

Gintaro Okamoto, Father

Chieko Takehisa

Kin Okamoto, Mother

Masayuki Mori

Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Ichirō Chiba

Matsui, Light Man (uncredited)

Takashi Shimura

Theatre manager (uncredited)

Masao Shimizu

Section chief (uncredited)

Hyo Kitazawa

Director (uncredited)

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Kenzo Asada

Kume (uncredited)

Yōnosuke Toba

Okamoto's colleague (uncredited)

Sachiko Mitani

Haruko, Dancing girl (uncredited)

Seizaburō Kawazu

Himself (uncredited)

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