
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
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Shima Iwashita
Orin

Yoshio Harada
Heitaro

Tomoko Naraoka
Teruyo

Taiji Tonoyama
Mountain Man
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