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.
Cast
Hideko Takamine
Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijiro Natsukawa
Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawa
Innkeeper
Yōtarō Katsumi
Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakida
Bus customer
Tsuruko Mano
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