

Ballad of Orin
Genres
Overview
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
118 min
Release Date
1977-11-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
21
Vote Average
7.1
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
Mansaku Fuwa
Saburo Date
Teruo Matsuyama
Kotoe Hatsui
Sue Mitobe
Fudeko Tanaka
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Kai Ato
Shigeru Yazaki
Takako Minekawa
Orin as child
7.4
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0.0
A Matter of Valour
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7.1
Gate of Hell
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5.7
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7.3
Chûshingura
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0.0
Birthday Present
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7.1
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
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7.3
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6.1
Jennifer Eight
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6.8
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7.6
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7.7
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6.6
Taboo
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6.6
Sakuran
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6.6
Hana
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7.5
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6.9
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8.1
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0.0
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0.0
47 Vendettas
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