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.

Top Cast

Hideko Takamine

Masako

M

Masaru Kodaka

Minoru

S

Shiro Mizutani

Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa

Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Mother

Osamu Takizawa

Teacher

R

Ranko Akagi

The teacher's wife

Masao Mishima

Tanno-san

Noriko Honma

Aunt

Kumeko Otowa

The second wife

T

Takahiro Yamagata

Umemoto-san

T

Toshiko Itō

Aunt