Storyline
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 & Crew
Hideko Takamine
Okoma, the bus conductress
Lead
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
HY
Hiroshi Yamagawa
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HM
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mikio Naruse's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hideko the Bus Conductor is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
