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Hideko the Bus Conductor

7.3194154mMovieDramaComedy

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.

DirectorMikio Naruse
WriterMikio Naruse
ProducerSanezumi Fujimoto

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Hideko the Bus Conductor isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Mikio Naruse

HTHideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Okoma, the bus conductress
KFKamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sonoda - the bus driver
DNDaijiro Natsukawa
Daijiro Natsukawa
Gonji Igawa - the novelist
TKTamae Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Innkeeper
YKYōtarō Katsumi
Yōtarō Katsumi
Kohoku Line Bus owner
KSKeiji Sakakida
Keiji Sakakida
Bus customer
HY
Hiroshi Yamagawa
HM
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
KH
Kimie Hayashi
Office worker
TMTsuruko Mano
Tsuruko Mano
Okoma's mother

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