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.
Orin
Heitaro
Teruyo
Mountain Man
Besho
Saito
Torazo
Kaneko
Yamashita
Suketaro
Manzaburo Imanishi
Tama Ichise
Isuke
Old Woman
Orin as child
