Ballad of Orin
1977 Japanese film
- November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19)
Ballad of Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん, Hanare goze Orin) is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. Its alternate English-language titles are Banished Orin and Symphony in Gray.[1]
It details the life of a goze, a blind female minstrel (played by Shima Iwashita, the director's wife), in early 20th-century Japan.[2]
Cast
- Shima Iwashita as Orin
- Yoshio Harada as Heitarō - Big Man
- Tomoko Naraoka as Teruyo
- Taiji Tonoyama as Charcoal Man
- Tōru Abe as Bessho
- Jun Hamamura as Saito
Awards and nominations
2nd Hochi Film Award[3]
- Won: Best Actress - Shima Iwashita
References
External links
- Ballad of Orin at IMDb
- はなれ瞽女おりん at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda
- Killers on Parade (1961)
- Assassination (1964)
- Pale Flower (1964)
- With Beauty and Sorrow (1965
- Samurai Spy (1965)
- Double Suicide (1969)
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)
- Silence (1971)
- Himiko (1974)
- Ballad of Orin (1977)
- MacArthur's Children (1984)
- Gonza the Spearman (1986)
- Childhood Days (1990)
- Sharaku (1995)
- Moonlight Serenade (1997)
- Owls' Castle (1999)
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