Hideko the Bus Conductor
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Hideko the Bus Conductor

7.3 / 10 1941 54mNR Japanese
DramaComedy

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

Hideko Takamine

Okoma, the bus conductress

Lead
Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sonoda - the bus driver

Daijiro Natsukawa

Daijiro Natsukawa

Gonji Igawa - the novelist

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

Innkeeper

Yōtarō Katsumi

Yōtarō Katsumi

Kohoku Line Bus owner

Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida

Bus customer

HY

Hiroshi Yamagawa

HM

Hisaharu Matsubayashi

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mikio Naruse's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Hideko the Bus Conductor is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker