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
- Won: Best Actress - Shima Iwashita
References
- ^ はなれ瞽女おりんとは (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ "はなれ瞽女おりん" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
External links
- Ballad of Orin at IMDb
- はなれ瞽女おりん at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)