Composition Class
6.8
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
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Hideko Takamine
Masako
Known for
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Floating Clouds
Masaru Kodaka
Minoru
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Kôichi Iwashita
Kajirō Yamamoto
Also in
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
Nobuyoshi Morita
Chiio Kimura
Shiro Mizutani
Mitsuo
Known for
One Wonderful Sunday
Akira Mimura
Masako Toyoda
Musei Tokugawa
Father
Also in
The Whole Family Works
The Legend of the White Serpent
Shigeharu Yasue
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Mother
Known for
Pom Poko
Vengeance Is Mine
Kajirō Yamamoto Director · Chiio Kimura Writer Masako Toyoda Author
First release August 21, 1938 · Produced in Japan · Production Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Toho Eiga
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Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
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Japan
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Original title
綴方教室
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 21, 1938
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No release date listed for United States.
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