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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.
Top Cast
Hideko Takamine as Masako
Masaru Kodaka as Minoru
Shiro Mizutani as Mitsuo
Musei Tokugawa as Father
Nijiko Kiyokawa as Mother
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