| Ballad of Orin | |
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| Hanare Goze Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん) | |
| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Screenplay by | Keiji Hasebe Masahiro Shinoda |
| Starring | Shima Iwashita |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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]