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Composition Class

First aired on Aug 21, 1938

Runtime: 87 mins

70%

Genres: Drama

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Hideko Takamine | Masako
Masaru Kodaka | Minoru
Shiro Mizutani | Mitsuo
Musei Tokugawa | Father
Nijiko Kiyokawa | Mother
Osamu Takizawa | Teacher
Featured Crew
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Masako Toyoda | Novel
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Kajirō Yamamoto | Director
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Chiio Kimura | Writer
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Akira Kurosawa | Assistant Director
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Akira Mimura | Director of Photography
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Nobuyoshi Morita | Executive Producer