In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.
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Ken Uehara
Mr. Thank You
Michiko Kuwano
Woman with Black Collar
Mayumi Tsukiji
Daughter
Kaoru Futaba
Mother
Einosuke Naka
Peddler
Ryūji Ishiyama
Gentleman
Reikichi Kawamura
Returning Villager
Setsuko Shinobu
Returning Villager's Daughter
Kazuji Sakai
Nagamasa Yamada
Kanji Kawara
Kiyoshi Aono
Old Countryman
Shôsuke Agata
Man on Wake
Shôtarô Fujimatsu
Primary School Student
Masao Hayama
Yoshitarô Iijima
Tsuruhiko Ikebe
Pharmacist
Mitsuyoshi Kanai
Old Villager
Shiro Katsuragi
Groom
Kimie Kawai
Newly-wed Woman
Masae Koike
Itinerant Entertainer
Ryôko Hisahara
Korean Woman
Tsuruko Kumoi
Chieko Kyotani
Fumie Mikami
Kiyoko Minakami
Bride
Mitsuko Mito
Hiroshi Nagao
Tomoko Naniwa
Shigeru Ogura
Newly-wed Man
Takayuki Suematsu
Eiko Takamatsu
Reikō Tani
Doctor
Shô Tonegawa
Toyoko Wada
Jun Yokoyama
Hiroshi Shimizu
Director
Yasunari Kawabata
Novel
Screenplay
Keizo Horiuchi
Original Music Composer
Haruo Dobashi
Sound
Kaname Hashimoto
Rokusaburô Saitô
Sound Effects Editor
Isamu Aoki
Director of Photography
Kotaro Inoue
Set Decoration
Tetsuzô Shibata
Costume Design
Yasushi Sasaki
Assistant Director
Isao Numanami
Toyojirô Nagasaki
