Ballad of Orin
7.1
22 Reviews
1977
1h 58min
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.
Storyline
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
19 November 1977
Runtime
1h 58min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
TOHO, hyogensha
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
Acting
Mansaku Fuwa
Acting
Saburo Date
Acting
Teruo Matsuyama
Acting
Kotoe Hatsui
Acting
Sue Mitobe
Acting
Fudeko Tanaka
Acting
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Acting
Kai Ato
Acting
Shigeru Yazaki
Acting
Takako Minekawa
Orin as child
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