

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.
Director: Kajirō Yamamoto

Masako
Minoru
Mitsuo

Father

Mother

Teacher
The teacher's wife

Tanno-san

Aunt

The second wife