Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941)
1941 · 0h 54m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
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.
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writers: Masuji Ibuse, Mikio Naruse
Music by: Nobuo Iida
Cinematography: Ken Azuma
Cast
Hideko Takamine as Okoma, the bus conductressKamatari Fujiwara as Sonoda - the bus driverDaijiro Natsukawa as Gonji Igawa - the novelistTamae Kiyokawa as InnkeeperYōtarō Katsumi as Kohoku Line Bus ownerKeiji Sakakida as Bus customerHiroshi YamagawaHisaharu MatsubayashiKimie Hayashi as Office workerTsuruko Mano as Okoma's motherMore like this
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