Those Who Make Tomorrow
is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto (who was also co-writer). 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. 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

Legacy
Those Who Make Tomorrow was screened as part of a retrospective on actress Hideko Takamine by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in 2004. References

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1946 films
1946 drama films
1940s political drama films
Japanese drama films
Japanese propaganda films
Japanese black-and-white films
Films directed by Akira Kurosawa
Films produced by Sōjirō Motoki
Toho films
Films directed by Kajiro Yamamoto