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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 2, 1946

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO

Cast

Michiko Kayama,Sumie Tsubaki,Hyo Kitazawa,Sachiko Mitani,Seizaburō Kawazu,Susumu Fujita,Takashi Shimura,Yōnosuke Toba,Chieko Takehisa,Kenji Susukidaand 10 more

Director

Akira Kurosawa,Hideo Sekigawa,Kajirō Yamamoto

Writer

Kajirō Yamamoto,Yusaku Yamagata

Producer

Ryo Takei,Sōjirō Motoki,Tomoyuki Tanaka,Keiji Matsuzaki

Cinematography

Mitsuo Miura,Takeo Itō,Taiichi Kankura

Music

Noboru Itō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0038310