Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
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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Cast
- Chieko Nakakita — Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
- Mitsue Tachibana — Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister
- Itoko Kono — 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)
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