Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
Overview
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
Chieko Nakakita
Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
Mitsue Tachibana
Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister
Itoko Kono
Fumie, Actress
Yuriko Hamada
Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl
Hideko Takamine
Takamine
Susumu Fujita
Fujita
Chieko Takehisa
Kin Okamoto, Mother
Masayuki Mori
Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
Theatre manager (uncredited)
Masao Shimizu
Section chief (uncredited)
Hyo Kitazawa
Director (uncredited)
Yōnosuke Toba
Okamoto's colleague (uncredited)
Sachiko Mitani
Haruko, Dancing girl (uncredited)
Seizaburō Kawazu
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