Ballad of Orin (1977)
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.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers:
Masahiro Shinoda, Keiji Hasebe.
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Shima Iwashita as Orin |
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Yoshio Harada as Heitaro |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Teruyo |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Mountain Man |
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Tōru Abe as Besho |
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Jun Hamamura as Saito |
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Kaoru Kobayashi as Torazo |
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Rie Yokoyama as Kaneko |
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Hatsuo Yamaya as Yamashita |
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Toshiyuki Nishida as Suketaro |
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Masakazu Kuwayama as Manzaburo Imanishi |
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Kirin Kiki as Tama Ichise |
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Yoshi Katō as Isuke |
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Izumi Hara as Old Woman |
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Tomoko Jinbo as |
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Mansaku Fuwa as |
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Saburo Date as |
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Teruo Matsuyama as |
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Kotoe Hatsui as |
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Sue Mitobe as |
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Fudeko Tanaka as |
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Nobuo Tsukamoto as |
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Kai Ato as |
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Shigeru Yazaki as |
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Takako Minekawa as Orin as child |
| Editing | Sachiko Yamaji | Editor |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Art | Kiyoshi Awazu | Art Direction |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tōru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |
| Production | Kiyoshi Nonomura | Producer |
| Writing | Masahiro Shinoda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Keiji Hasebe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tsutomu Mizukami | Novel |
