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Ballad of Orin
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Ballad of Orin

Nov 19, 1977
1h 58m
★ 7.1

Overview

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TOHO
hyogensha

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Cast

Shima Iwashita

Orin

Shima Iwashita

Yoshio Harada

Heitaro

Yoshio Harada

Tomoko Naraoka

Teruyo

Tomoko Naraoka

Taiji Tonoyama

Mountain Man

Taiji Tonoyama

Tōru Abe

Besho

Tōru Abe

Jun Hamamura

Saito

Jun Hamamura

Kaoru Kobayashi

Torazo

Kaoru Kobayashi

Rie Yokoyama

Kaneko

Rie Yokoyama

Hatsuo Yamaya

Yamashita

Hatsuo Yamaya

Toshiyuki Nishida

Suketaro

Toshiyuki Nishida

Masakazu Kuwayama

Manzaburo Imanishi

Masakazu Kuwayama

Kirin Kiki

Tama Ichise

Kirin Kiki