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Composition Class

Film

Composition Class

6.8

1h 27m

1938

Synopsis

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

Kajirō Yamamoto

Drama

Cast & Crew

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

as Masako

Masaru Kodaka

as Minoru

Shiro Mizutani

as Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa

Musei Tokugawa

as Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

as Mother

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

as Teacher

Ranko Akagi

as The teacher's wife

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

as Tanno-san

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

as Aunt

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