Hideko the Bus Conductress

Mikio Naruse
1941-09-17


7
54 min

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.

Cast

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