Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941)

Name: Hideko the Bus Conductor
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1941-09-17
Duration: 54 min
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daijiro Natsukawa, Tamae Kiyokawa, Yōtarō Katsumi

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.

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Released 1941-09-17 · 54 min · Drama, Comedy

Directed by Mikio Naruse

Cast

Hideko Takamine as Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwara as Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijiro Natsukawa as Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawa as Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumi as Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakida as Bus customer
Hiroshi Yamagawa
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
Kimie Hayashi as Office worker
Tsuruko Mano as Okoma's mother