Film
Ballad of Orin
1977 · 1h 58m · Drama
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- 7.4
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Overview
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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Cast
Shima Iwashita
Orin
Yoshio Harada
Heitaro
Tomoko Naraoka
Teruyo
Taiji Tonoyama
Mountain Man
Tōru Abe
Besho
Jun Hamamura
Saito
Kaoru Kobayashi
Torazo
Rie Yokoyama
Kaneko
Hatsuo Yamaya
Yamashita
Toshiyuki Nishida
Suketaro
Masakazu Kuwayama
Manzaburo Imanishi
Kirin Kiki
Tama Ichise
Yoshi Katō
Isuke
Izumi Hara
Old Woman
Tomoko Jinbo
Mansaku Fuwa
Crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector · Screenplay
- Keiji HasebeScreenplay
- Tsutomu MizukamiNovel
- Kiyoshi NonomuraProducer
- Kazuo MiyagawaDirector of Photography
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Sachiko YamajiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 19, 1977
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama
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