Ballad of Orin

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.

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  Masahiro Shinoda

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  Shima Iwashita
  Orin
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  Yoshio Harada
  Heitaro
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  Tomoko Naraoka
  Teruyo
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  Taiji Tonoyama
  Mountain Man
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  Tōru Abe
  Besho
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  Jun Hamamura
  Saito
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  Kaoru Kobayashi
  Torazo
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  Rie Yokoyama
  Kaneko
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  Hatsuo Yamaya
  Yamashita
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  Toshiyuki Nishida
  Suketaro
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  Masakazu Kuwayama
  Manzaburo Imanishi
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  Kirin Kiki
  Tama Ichise
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  Yoshi Katō
  Isuke
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  Izumi Hara
  Old Woman
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  Tomoko Jinbo
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  Mansaku Fuwa
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  Saburo Date
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  Teruo Matsuyama
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  Kotoe Hatsui
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  Sue Mitobe