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Hideko the Bus-Conductor (1941)

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Original title
秀子の車掌さん
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
54 min
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works as a bus conductor on a rural route. She deals with various passengers and their small daily dramas.

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What happens

Hideko the Bus Conductor (秀子の車掌さん, Hideko no shashō-san), also titled Hideko the Bus Conductress, is a 1941 Japanese comedy drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the serialised novella Okoma-san by Masuji Ibuse and the first collaboration of Naruse and star Hideko Takamine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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