Hideo Sekigawa joined the
documentary branch of P.C.L. film studios (later
Toho) in the 1930s where he worked on
militarist propaganda films despite his
Communist leanings. After the
Second World War, Sekigawa debuted as co-director of the pro-
unionist Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) which was intended to illustrate the purpose of the workers' union at the Toho film studios. Having difficulties finding work due to his political leanings, he directed the anti-war film
Listen to the Voices of the Sea for Mitsuo Makino's Toyoko Eiga company (later
Toei Company). In later years, Sekigawa's output included both audience-orientated genre works and documentaries. His last film was the 1969
Chōkōsō no Akebono. ==Selected filmography==