4.3 (19) One of the most sublime color films ever made, Ballad of Orin follows the hardscrabble life of a wandering outcast goze (blind female musician) in early 20th-century Japan. Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa and director Masahiro Shinoda interviewed surviving goza of the time to capture “a sense of the ideal beauty that these blind women had inwardly visualized. Director: Masahiro Shinoda. AKA Ballad of Orin AKA はなれ瞽女おりん Writers: Keiji Hasebe (screenplay), … Continue reading Hanare goze Orin (1977) AKA Ballad of Orin