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 Takamine as Masako
Masaru Kodaka as Minoru
Shiro Mizutani as Mitsuo
Musei Tokugawa as Father
Nijiko Kiyokawa as Mother
Osamu Takizawa as Teacher
Ranko Akagi as The teacher's wife
Masao Mishima as Tanno-san
Noriko Honma as Aunt
Kumeko Otowa as The second wife
Takahiro Yamagata as Umemoto-san
Toshiko Itō as Aunt
Kajirō Yamamoto Director
Masako Toyoda Novel
Chiio Kimura Writer
Akira Kurosawa Assistant Director
Nobuyoshi Morita Executive Producer
Akira Mimura Director of Photography
Kôichi Iwashita Editor
Shigeharu Yasue Sound Recordist
Tsuzurikata kyoshitsu Trailer
Lessons in Essay Trailer
Japan 21 August 1938
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