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
