Those Who Make Tomorrow
In postwar Japan, two sisters from different worlds unite in the struggle for workers' rights, forcing their conservative father to confront class divisions and join their fight for a just tomorrow.
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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.
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Shot by Takeo ItoScored by Noboru ItoDesigned by Takeo Kita
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Cast & Crew
24 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Takashi Shimura
as Theatre manager
Kenji Susukida
as Gintaro Okamoto, Father
Masayuki Mori
as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur
Sumie Tsubaki
as Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife
Chieko Nakakita
as Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
Sayuri Tanima
as Shizumi, Dancing girl
Chieko Takehisa
as Kin Okamoto, Mother
Mitsue Tachibana
as Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister
Hyo Kitazawa
as Director
Kenzo Asada
as Kume
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