Hideko the Bus Conductress (1941)

Hideko the Bus Conductress (1941)

1941-09-17 Japan 54 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

高峰秀子 is Okoma, the bus conductress
Okoma, the bus conductress
藤原釜足 is Sonoda - the bus driver
Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijirō Natsukawa is Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Gonji Igawa - the novelist
清川玉枝 is Innkeeper
Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumi is Kohoku Line Bus owner
Kohoku Line Bus owner
榊田敬二 is Bus customer
Bus customer
Kimie Hayashi is Office worker
Office worker
Tsuruko Mano is Okoma's mother
Okoma's mother