Those Who Make Tomorrow

Akira Kurosawa
1946-05-02


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82 min

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

Name Character Team
Chieko Nakakita Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister Unowned
Mitsue Tachibana Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister Unowned
Itoko Kōno Fumie, Actress Unowned
Yuriko Hamada Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl Unowned
Michiko Kayama Kimiko, Dancing Girl (uncredited) Unowned
Sayuri Tanima Shizumi, Dancing girl (uncredited) Unowned
Sumie Tsubaki Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife (uncredited) Unowned
Hideko Takamine Takamine Unowned
Susumu Fujita Fujita Unowned
Kenji Susukida Gintaro Okamoto, Father Unowned
Chieko Takehisa Kin Okamoto, Mother Unowned
Masayuki Mori Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited) Unowned
Ichirō Chiba Matsui, Light Man (uncredited) Unowned
Takashi Shimura Theatre manager (uncredited) Unowned
Masao Shimizu Section chief (uncredited) Unowned
Hyo Kitazawa Director (uncredited) Unowned
Kenzo Asada Kume (uncredited) Unowned
Yōnosuke Toba Okamoto's colleague (uncredited) Unowned
Sachiko Mitani Haruko, Dancing girl (uncredited) Unowned
Seizaburō Kawazu Himself (uncredited) Unowned