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

Hideko Takamine

Masako

Masaru Kodaka

Minoru

Shiro Mizutani

Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa

Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Mother

Osamu Takizawa

Teacher

Ranko Akagi

The teacher's wife

Masao Mishima

Tanno-san

Noriko Honma

Aunt

Kumeko Otowa

The second wife