Composition Class
1938, Japanese. Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 21 August 1938
- Original title
- 綴方教室
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Chiio Kimura
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Composition Class runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Composition Class isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 August 1938. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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Who directed Composition Class?
Composition Class (1938) was directed by Kajirō Yamamoto and stars Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Shiro Mizutani.