Nan'ô Eiga

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

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.

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.