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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Hideko TakamineOkoma, the bus conductress | Okoma, the bus conductress |
 Kamatari FujiwaraSonoda - the bus driver | Sonoda - the bus driver |
 Daijiro NatsukawaGonji Igawa - the novelist | Gonji Igawa - the novelist |
 Tamae KiyokawaInnkeeper | Innkeeper |
 Yōtarō KatsumiKohoku Line Bus owner | Kohoku Line Bus owner |
 Keiji SakakidaBus customer | Bus customer |
| HHiroshi YamagawaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHisaharu MatsubayashiNot listed | Not listed |
| KKimie HayashiOffice worker | Office worker |
 Tsuruko ManoOkoma's mother | Okoma's mother |