THOSE WHO MAKE TOMORROW (1946)

Not Rated
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Drama
May 2, 1946
Japanese
1h 22m
Japan
TOHO
Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in sympathy with striking railroad workers, one of whom boards with the sisters and their parents. The girls' father argues with them about their strike but finds his views changing when he loses his job.
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)
Hideko Takamine
Takamine
Susumu Fujita
Fujita
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
Hideo Sekigawa
Director
Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Yusaku Yamagata
Writer
Kajirō Yamamoto
Writer
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