Those Who Make Tomorrow
Directed by Hideo Sekigawa, Kajirō Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Chieko NakakitaYoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
Mitsue TachibanaAiko Okamoto, Younger sister
Itoko KonoFumie, Actress
Yuriko HamadaTokiko, Second Dancing Girl
Hideko TakamineTakamine
Susumu FujitaFujita
Chieko TakehisaKin Okamoto, Mother
Masayuki MoriSeizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Writer
- Yusaku Yamagata
- Writer
- Kajirō Yamamoto
- Director
- Hideo Sekigawa
- Editor
- Yoshiki Nagasawa
- Director of Photography
- Takeo Itō
- Director
- Kajirō Yamamoto
- Original Music Composer
- Noboru Itō
- Director of Photography
- Taiichi Kankura
- Director of Photography
- Mitsuo Miura
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa