The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Kajirō YamamotoDirector
- Chiio KimuraWriter
Cast
- Hideko TakamineMasako
- Masaru KodakaMinoru
- Shiro MizutaniMitsuo
- Musei TokugawaFather
- Nijiko KiyokawaMother
- Osamu TakizawaTeacher
- Ranko AkagiThe teacher's wife
- Masao MishimaTanno-san
- Noriko HonmaAunt
- Kumeko OtowaThe second wife
- Takahiro YamagataUmemoto-san
- Toshiko ItōAunt