The read
It runs a compact 54m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikio NaruseDirector
- Mikio NaruseWriter
- Nobuo IidaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hideko TakamineOkoma, the bus conductress
- Kamatari FujiwaraSonoda - the bus driver
- Daijiro NatsukawaGonji Igawa - the novelist
- Tamae KiyokawaInnkeeper
- Yōtarō KatsumiKohoku Line Bus owner
- Keiji SakakidaBus customer
- Hiroshi YamagawaCast
- Hisaharu MatsubayashiCast
- Kimie HayashiOffice worker
- Tsuruko ManoOkoma's mother
Stills
Themes
japanrural areatour bus