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Composition Class

6.819381h 27mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorKajirō Yamamoto
WriterChiio Kimura
ProducerNobuyoshi Morita

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Cast · Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto

HTHideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Masako
MK
Masaru Kodaka
Minoru
SM
Shiro Mizutani
Mitsuo
MTMusei Tokugawa
Musei Tokugawa
Father
NKNijiko Kiyokawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Mother
OTOsamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Teacher
RA
Ranko Akagi
The teacher's wife
MMMasao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Tanno-san
NHNoriko Honma
Noriko Honma
Aunt
KOKumeko Otowa
Kumeko Otowa
The second wife
TY
Takahiro Yamagata
Umemoto-san
TI
Toshiko Itō
Aunt

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