Ballad of Orin
Nov 19 1977
•2h 58m
•Drama
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Cast
See allShima Iwashita
Orin
Yoshio Harada
Heitaro
Tomoko Naraoka
Teruyo
Taiji Tonoyama
Mountain Man
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