Composition Class

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problems and their chronic money troubles threaten Masako's further education.

Cast & Crew

Director

Kajirō Yamamoto

Hideko Takamine

Masako

Masaru Kodaka

Minoru

Shiro Mizutani

Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa

Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Mother

Osamu Takizawa

Teacher