Overview

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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Cast

Hideko Takamine

Masaru Kodaka

Shiro Mizutani

Musei Tokugawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Osamu Takizawa

Ranko Akagi

Masao Mishima

Noriko Honma

Kumeko Otowa