Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946, Japanese. Directed by Hideo Sekigawa & Kajirō Yamamoto & Akira Kurosawa.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Hideo SekigawaDirector
- Kajirō YamamotoDirector
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Chieko NakakitaYoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
- Mitsue TachibanaAiko Okamoto, Younger sister
- Itoko KonoFumie, Actress
- Yuriko HamadaTokiko, Second Dancing Girl
- Michiko KayamaKimiko, Dancing Girl (uncredited)
- Sayuri TanimaShizumi, Dancing girl (uncredited)
- Sumie TsubakiChiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife (uncredited)
- Hideko TakamineTakamine
- Susumu FujitaFujita
- Kenji SusukidaGintaro Okamoto, Father
- Chieko TakehisaKin Okamoto, Mother
- Masayuki MoriSeizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 2 May 1946
- Original title
- 明日を創る人々
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yusaku Yamagata, Kajirō Yamamoto
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Those Who Make Tomorrow runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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Those Who Make Tomorrow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 May 1946. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Those Who Make Tomorrow?
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) was directed by Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto and Akira Kurosawa and stars Chieko Nakakita, Mitsue Tachibana, Itoko Kono.