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Ballad of Orin

1977 1h 58m 7.2Movie
Drama

Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.

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Masahiro Shinoda

Director, Screenplay

Keiji Hasebe

Screenplay

Tsutomu Mizukami

Novel

Top Cast

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Orin

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Heitaro

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Teruyo

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Mountain Man

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Besho

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Saito

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Torazo

Rie Yokoyama

Rie Yokoyama

Kaneko

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Yamashita

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Suketaro

Masakazu Kuwayama

Manzaburo Imanishi

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Tama Ichise

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Isuke

Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Old Woman

Tomoko Jinbo

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Teruo Matsuyama

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Sue Mitobe

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