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Those Who Make Tomorrow is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto. It 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. Kurosawa later denounced the film, calling it "a committee-made film" in which he had been involved only one week, and refused to mention it in his autobiography. Toho's studio stars Hideko Takamine and Susumu Fujita appear playing themselves.
Original Release
05/02/1946
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takashi Shimura | Theatre manager |
Kenji Susukida | Gintaro Okamoto, Father |
Masayuki Mori | Seizo Hori, Chauffeur |
Sumie Tsubaki | Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife |
Chieko Nakakita | Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister |
Sayuri Tanima | Shizumi, Dancing girl |
Chieko Takehisa | Kin Okamoto, Mother |
Mitsue Tachibana | Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister |
Hyo Kitazawa | Director |
Kenzo Asada | Kume |
Directors
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Sekigawa, Kajirô Yamamoto
Writers
Kajirô Yamamoto, Yûsaku Yamagata
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takashi Shimura | Theatre manager |
Kenji Susukida | Gintaro Okamoto, Father |
Masayuki Mori | Seizo Hori, Chauffeur |
Sumie Tsubaki | Chiyoko Hori, Chauffeur's Wife |
Chieko Nakakita | Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister |
Sayuri Tanima | Shizumi, Dancing girl |
Chieko Takehisa | Kin Okamoto, Mother |
Mitsue Tachibana | Aiko Okamoto, Younger sister |
Hyo Kitazawa | Director |
Kenzo Asada | Kume |
Itoko Kôno | Fumie, Actress |
Ichirô Chiba | Matsui, Lightman |
Masao Shimizu | Section chief |
Yuriko Hamada | Tokiko, 2nd Dancing Girl / Tokiko, Second Dancing Girl |
Sachiko Mitani | Haruko, 3rd Dancing girl |
Michiko Kayama | Kimiko, Dancing Girl |
Yônosuke Toba | Okamoto's colleague |
Susumu Fujita | Self - Fujita / Fujita |
Hideko Takamine | Self - Takamine / Takamine |
Seizaburô Kawazu | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Keiji Matsuzaki | Executive Producer |
Sôjirô Motoki | Executive Producer |
Ryô Takei | Executive Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
Ryô Takei | Producer |
Sôjirô Motoki | Producer |
Keiji Matsuzaki | Producer |