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Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Ballad of Orin

1h 58m

Directed by Masahiro Shinoda • 1977 • Japan

A blind travelling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda.

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