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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