Composition Class

1938· Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto★ 6.8 (9 votes)·87 min

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.

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Hideko Takamineas Masako Masaru Kodakaas Minoru Shiro Mizutanias Mitsuo Musei Tokugawaas Father Nijiko Kiyokawaas Mother Osamu Takizawaas Teacher Ranko Akagias The teacher's wife Masao Mishimaas Tanno-san Noriko Honmaas Aunt Kumeko Otowaas The second wife Takahiro Yamagataas Umemoto-san Toshiko Itōas Aunt