Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto.
Purpose
The film was produced to illustrate the purpose of the workers' union at the Toho film studios, as the Allied Forces endorsed the formation of unions as part of the democratisation process during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan. Toho's studio stars Hideko Takamine and Susumu Fujita appear playing themselves.Plot
The sisters Chieko, a script girl working at a big film studio, and Aiko, a revue dancer, are daughters to anti-unionist father Gintarō. When the workers at a railway company, including the family's subtenant Seizo, go on strike, Chieko and her co-workers demonstrate their solidarity and call for strike as well to achieve financial security for the film studio's staff. Meanwhile, Aiko and her dancing troupe decide to get organised in opposition to the theatre's mean stage manager. When Gintarō is fired together with a large group of employees at his company, he finally gives up his reluctance and joins the unionists, impressed by their earnestness.Cast
- Susumu Fujita – Fujita
- Hideko Takamine – Takamine
- Kenji Susukida – Gintarō Okamoto, father
- Masayuki Mori – Seizō Hori, chauffeur
- Chieko Takehisa – Kin Okamoto, mother
- Takashi Shimura – Theatre manager
- Yonosuke Toba – Okamoto's colleague
- Masao Shimizu – Section chief
- Hyō Kitazawa – Director
- Chieko Nakakita – Yoshiko
- Mitsue Tashibana – Aiko