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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Cast

Shima Iwashita

Orin

Yoshio Harada

Heitaro

Tomoko Naraoka

Teruyo

Taiji Tonoyama

Mountain Man

Tōru Abe

Besho

Jun Hamamura

Saito

Kaoru Kobayashi

Torazo

Rie Yokoyama

Kaneko

Hatsuo Yamaya

Yamashita

Toshiyuki Nishida

Suketaro

Kirin Kiki

Tama Ichise

Yoshi Katō

Isuke