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.
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Masako
- Masaru Kodaka as Minoru
- Shiro Mizutani as Mitsuo
- Musei Tokugawa as Father
- Nijiko Kiyokawa as Mother
- Osamu Takizawa as Teacher
- Ranko Akagi as The teacher's wife
- Masao Mishima as Tanno-san
- Noriko Honma as Aunt
- Kumeko Otowa as The second wife