THOSE WHO MAKE TOMORROW (1946)

Those Who Make Tomorrow
Not Rated
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Drama
May 2, 1946
Japanese
1h 22m
Japan
TOHO

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 & Characters

Chieko Nakakita

Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister

Mitsue Tachibana

Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister

Itoko Kōno

Fumie, Actress

Yuriko Hamada

Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl

Michiko Kayama

Kimiko, Dancing Girl (uncredited)

Sayuri Tanima

Shizumi, Dancing girl (uncredited)

Sumie Tsubaki

Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife (uncredited)

Kenji Susukida

Gintaro Okamoto, Father

Chieko Takehisa

Kin Okamoto, Mother

Masayuki Mori

Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)

Ichirō Chiba

Matsui, Light Man (uncredited)

Takashi Shimura

Theatre manager (uncredited)

Masao Shimizu

Section chief (uncredited)

Hyo Kitazawa

Director (uncredited)

Kenzo Asada

Kume (uncredited)

Yōnosuke Toba

Okamoto's colleague (uncredited)

Sachiko Mitani

Haruko, Dancing girl (uncredited)

Seizaburō Kawazu

Himself (uncredited)

Crew

Noboru Itō

Original Music Composer

Takeo Itō

Director of Photography

Taiichi Kankura

Director of Photography

Mitsuo Miura

Director of Photography

Ryo Takei

Executive Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Keiji Matsuzaki

Executive Producer

Sōjirō Motoki

Executive Producer