Hideko the Bus Conductor

(1941)Directed by Mikio Naruse54 minDrama, 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.

Hideko Takamineas Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwaraas Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijiro Natsukawaas Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawaas Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumias Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakidaas Bus customer
Hiroshi Yamagawa
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
Kimie Hayashias Office worker
Tsuruko Manoas Okoma's mother