Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
Original title: 明日を創る人々
Those Who Make Tomorrow is a 1946 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto, with a running time of 1h 22m. It stars Chieko Nakakita, Mitsue Tachibana and Itoko Kōno.
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.
Quick answers
What is Those Who Make Tomorrow about?
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.
When was Those Who Make Tomorrow released?
Those Who Make Tomorrow was released on 2 May 1946.
How long is Those Who Make Tomorrow?
Those Who Make Tomorrow runs 1h 22m.
Who made Those Who Make Tomorrow?
Those Who Make Tomorrow was directed by Hideo Sekigawa, Kajirō Yamamoto and Akira Kurosawa.
Cast
- Chieko Nakakita as Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
- Mitsue Tachibana as Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister
- Itoko Kōno as Fumie, Actress
- Yuriko Hamada as Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl
- Michiko Kayama as Kimiko, Dancing Girl (uncredited)
- Sayuri Tanima as Shizumi, Dancing girl (uncredited)
- Sumie Tsubaki as Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife (uncredited)
- Hideko Takamine as Takamine
- Susumu Fujita as Fujita
- Kenji Susukida as Gintaro Okamoto, Father
- Chieko Takehisa as Kin Okamoto, Mother
- Masayuki Mori as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)