[ENG-CC] Composition Class 綴方教室 (1938) Director Kajiro Yamamoto, Assistant Director Akira Kurosawa
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Film: Composition Class / Lessons in Essay 綴方教室
Director: Kajiro Yamamoto 山本 嘉次郎
Assistant Director / Cinematography: Akira Kurosawa 黒沢 明
Year: 1938
Studio: Toho Company, Ltd.
Cast: Hideko Takamine (Masako), Masaru Kodaka (Minoru), Shiro Mizutani (Mitsuo), Musei Tokugawa (Father), Nijiko Kiyokawa (Mother), Osamu Takizawa (Teacher), Ranko Akagi (Teacher's Wife), Masao Mishima (Tanno-san), Noriko Honma (Aunt), Kumeko Otowa (Second Wife), Takahiro Yamagata (Umemoto-san), Tomoko Ito (Aunt).
This film appears on Kurosawa's Top 100 Favorite Films (#17):
Kurosawa's Quote: Mr. Yamakaji (Mr. Kajiro Yamamoto) was a really good teacher. At that time, when we all were terribly busy, Yama-san (Mr. Yamamoto) made me do everything for him. To be honest, I was not very pleased by it. But his wife once said me; Do you know? My husband was very delighted. He said, Mr. Kurosawa is now competent to do really everything! Only then I realised that Mr. Yamamoto has been teaching me all things one by one, by making me do everything - to edit, write, costume and make props. THAT MADE ME WHO I AM NOW. I am truly grateful
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