Hideko the Bus Conductress (1941)

  • NR
  • 09/17/1941 (JP)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 54m

Overview

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert the dwindling number of passengers when her job and the bus company itself are at stake.

Mikio Naruse

Director, Writer

Masuji Ibuse

Novel

Cast

Hideko Takamine's headshot

Hideko Takamine

Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwara's headshot

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijirō Natsukawa's headshot

Daijirō Natsukawa

Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawa's headshot

Tamae Kiyokawa

Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumi's headshot

Yōtarō Katsumi

Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakida's headshot

Keiji Sakakida

Bus customer
Hiroshi Yamagawa's headshot

Hiroshi Yamagawa

Hisaharu Matsubayashi's headshot

Hisaharu Matsubayashi

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