

Composition Class
1938
1h 27m
6.8
JP
Drama
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Key Crew

Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Cast

Hideko Takamine
Masako
M
Masaru Kodaka
Minoru
S
Shiro Mizutani
Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa
Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa
Mother

Osamu Takizawa
Teacher
R
Ranko Akagi
The teacher's wife

Masao Mishima
Tanno-san
N
Noriko Honma
Aunt

Kumeko Otowa
The second wife
T
Takahiro Yamagata
Umemoto-san
T
Toshiko Itō
Aunt