Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941)
Original title: 秀子の車掌さん
Hideko the Bus Conductor is a 1941 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Mikio Naruse, with a running time of 54m. It stars Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara and Daijiro Natsukawa.
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.
Quick answers
What is Hideko the Bus Conductor about?
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.
When was Hideko the Bus Conductor released?
Hideko the Bus Conductor was released on 17 September 1941.
How long is Hideko the Bus Conductor?
Hideko the Bus Conductor runs 54m.
Who made Hideko the Bus Conductor?
Hideko the Bus Conductor was directed by Mikio Naruse.
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Okoma, the bus conductress
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Sonoda - the bus driver
- Daijiro Natsukawa as Gonji Igawa - the novelist
- Tamae Kiyokawa as Innkeeper
- Yōtarō Katsumi as Kohoku Line Bus owner
- Keiji Sakakida as Bus customer
- Hiroshi Yamagawa
- Hisaharu Matsubayashi
- Kimie Hayashi as Office worker
- Tsuruko Mano as Okoma's mother