Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin
Hanare Goze Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん?)
Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Screenplay by	Keiji Hasebe Masahiro Shinoda
Starring	Shima Iwashita
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Release date	November 19, 1977
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.

It details the life of a goze, a blind female minstrel (played by Shima Iwashita, the director's wife), in early 20th-century Japan.

2nd Hochi Film Award

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