Those Who Make Tomorrow

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 Kōno

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