Hideko the Bus Conductress
1941 · 54 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 376 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 588 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:33 HIDEKO, THE BUS CONDUCTRESS
00:04:42 Don't be. We have so little business.
00:10:22 Thank you very much.
00:11:37 Nevermind, it's hot.
00:14:22 I want to talk to you.
00:15:56 Our company is like a bunch of hoodlums.
00:18:12 Do you want to make demands?
00:19:30 No. I'll leave it to you and the girl.
00:21:45 "Ladies and Gentlemen, we're on the Koshu Highway.
00:23:50 "Ladies and gentlemen, we're passing the Fuefuki River.
00:25:26 I hope you don't change it too much.
00:26:56 When you mention the Oume road
00:28:51 I won't have time for this.
00:30:34 I've never heard of him. He can't be very famous.
00:33:25 It's good to see you again.
00:36:09 I get excited while driving.
00:38:15 And not touch the bus.
00:39:40 Make sure that nobody's listening while you talk on the phone.
00:42:13 Let's ask him to write a good resignation letter for us.
00:43:32 I've heard of your good reputation, sir.
00:45:01 Thank you, sir.
00:47:35 I'm happy.
00:50:12 So, it's too late.
95:00:00 a minute.
Cast & Characters
Hideko Takamine
Okoma, the bus conductress
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sonoda - the bus driver
Daijirô Natsukawa
Gonji Igawa - the novelist
Tamae Kiyokawa
Innkeeper
Yôtarô Katsumi
Kohoku Line Bus owner
Keiji Sakakida
Bus customer
Hiroshi Yamagawa
Hisaharu Matsubayashi
Kimiko Hayashi
Office worker
Tsuruko Mano
Okoma's mother
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed588
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line95:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes376