Composition Class

6.8 / 10

(8 votes)

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

87 minutes

Year:

1938

Director:

Kajirō Yamamoto

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Company:

Toho Eiga

Cast:
Hideko Takamine

Masako

Masaru Kodaka

Minoru

Shiro Mizutani

Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa

Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Mother

Crew:
Masako Toyoda

Novel

Kajirō Yamamoto

Director

Chiio Kimura

Writer

Akira Kurosawa

Assistant Director

Shigeharu Yasue

Sound Recordist