Composition Class

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
• Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Shiro Mizutani, Musei Tokugawa, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Osamu Takizawa, Ranko Akagi, Masao Mishima