Ballad of Orin (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-11-19
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Masahiro Shinoda, Keiji Hasebe, Masahiro Shinoda
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 24 votes
Cast
- Shima Iwashita as Orin
- Yoshio Harada as Heitaro
- Tomoko Naraoka as Teruyo
- Taiji Tonoyama as Mountain Man
- Tōru Abe as Besho
- Jun Hamamura as Saito
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Torazo
- Rie Yokoyama as Kaneko
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Yamashita
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Suketaro
- Masakazu Kuwayama as Manzaburo Imanishi
- Kirin Kiki as Tama Ichise