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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.

Hideko Takamine
Masako

Masaru Kodaka
Minoru

Shiro Mizutani
Mitsuo

Musei Tokugawa
Father

Nijiko Kiyokawa
Mother

Osamu Takizawa
Teacher

Ranko Akagi
The teacher's wife

Masao Mishima
Tanno-san

Noriko Honma
Aunt

Kumeko Otowa
The second wife

Takahiro Yamagata
Umemoto-san

Toshiko Itō
Aunt