Hideko the Bus Conductor 1941
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.
Director: Mikio Naruse
Cast
Hideko Takamine
Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijirō Natsukawa
Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawa
Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumi
Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakida
Bus customer
Hiroshi Yamagawa
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
Kimie Hayashi
Office worker
Tsuruko Mano
Okoma's mother
