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.
Director:
Writer:
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
Takahiro Yamagata
Umemoto-san
Toshiko Itō
Aunt
