All language subtitles for The.Ballad.Of.Orin.1977.DVDRip.XviD.CD1-AEN

Your mother ran away?

When?

With a lover?

How could she
leave her child?

Maybe drowned.

She eloped.

She couldn't live
with a blind girl.

Saito, the druggist.

The streets were empty.
I wondered why.

I heard voices from this hut.

You came at the right time.

We need a wise man
like you.

Your name?

Age?

Orin.

Six.

You have a fine voice.

Your name is Orin.

I was told I was born In
the Province of Wakasa.

I've never seen my parents.

I heard It was a
beautiful place.

But I couldn't see it.

When I was six years old,

Mr. Saito took me to
a house of "goz�."

"MELODY IN GRAY"

Producers Kiyoshi Iwashita
and Seikichi Iizumi

Story by Tsutomu Mizukami

Screenplay by Keiji Hasebe
and Masahiro Shinoda

Director of Photography
Kazuo Miyagawa

Music by Toru Takemitsu

Starring Shima Iwashita

Tomoko Naraoka

Kirin Kiki

Yoshio Harada

Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda

It was twenty years ago.

When I was 21, I was
denounced as lewd.

I was expelled.

I've been alone.

So you were expelled
from the goz� group?

Yes. We, blind itinerant
singers, make groups.

We visit houses to sing.

We stay at inns for goz�.

But once expelled
from the group,

we have to travel alone.

We must spend nights at
deserted huts and shrines.

Isn't the errand man
back yet?

The comedians can't
cheer the party.

The goz� are late.

They promised to come.

The young master is going
to war. We need music.

Good luck.

I got information.

Your regiment might be
sent to Manchuria.

You know a man hanged
himself at Shimosatose?

I heard the news.

A woodsman found
the body in his hut.

It was hanging there.

I think the man
was a deserter.

It was a shame
to the regiment.

If captured, he'd be shot.

She's here!

We've a pretty goz�.

Master. Mistress.
I've brought a goz�.

You have lice on you!

Really? Sorry.

She's pretty and talented.

She's going to sing
many songs f or us.

Thank you, everybody.
f or sending f or me.

Goz�, sing romantic songs.

Can she see?

No.

She can say she's blind
even if she isn't.

She can make love.

Even if she can't see us.

Don't sneak in her bed
tonight.

But she's a lone goz�.

She's lone. but not lewd.

I was born blind.
I live in darkness.

When I was six.
Mr. Saito told me

to join a group of blind girls,

so I'd become a good goz�.

"You're blind.

"A blind girl can live only
as a masseuse or a whore.

"But a goz� can lead
a decent life.

"You'll have a mother
to teach you music."

Kaneko. don't stop!

All footsteps sound like
your lover's to you?

It's Mr. Saito.

The druggist?

He came after the snow
melted last year.

He's not alone.

Hello. I'm Saito.
the druggist.

I'm back again. I'm glad
to find you well.

Welcome.

Hello. Mitsuko.

You've grown up.

Thank you for coming so far.

Hello. Mistress of
the House of Satomi.

I have a request to make.

Please come in.

The house of goz� smelled
of incense and hair oil.

The mistress was a kind
woman. When I kowtowed,

she gently stroked my hair
and introduced me to them.

Yasuko gave me a rice cake.

It was warm and delicious.
I remember it well.

Then...

You travel alone without
anyone to guide you?

Where from?

I was in Nagano in March.

I came to this district
in April.

Water here. Drink.

Thank you.

Are you really homeless?

Yes.

I came to work
at the quarry.

The job was finished today.

You were walking
in the mountains.

You must live around here.

No.

The sun was in the west.
I decided to stay here.

I'm tired.

Thank you.

Are you asleep?

Tsugiko!

Why did you do that?
Why hate me?

What do you mean?

You tried to trip me
with that.

No, I didn't.

I'm just trying
to sew a kimono.

Liar!

You're mean and wicked.

You blame me. but

I know your secret.

You had secret dates
with Magoji.

How cold!

Orin.

Washing is like torture.

You're learning quickly.

There's one thing
you mustn't forget.

The manners that
goz� must respect.

Goz� dedicate their
eyes, ears and limbs

to the Amitabha Buddha.

They must chant the
sutra every day

so they won't disregard
their important manners.

If they do. they'll fall
into hell in this world.

You'll be feted In two years.

Receive a new name
in seven years.

You'll be a regular
apprentice the next year.

In eight years.

In three more years,
you'll be Independent.

Then you'll be a
full-fledged goz�.

Lovely girl.

You sang well, but do you
know what the song means?

How old are you?

She joined us at age six.
Now she's eight.

Maybe the socks caused
the trouble.

We wear sandals
on our bare feet.

We feel warm even
walking on the snow.

She was right.

At first I felt I was freezing.

But as I walked,
I began to feel warm.

It was strange.

I stopped wearing socks
even in winter.

When will you stop
following me?

Somebody's waiting
f or you at home.

I'm alone.

Like you.

I have no parents.
Nobody's waiting.

Nobody?

A lie.

Why?

Why else would I have come
to work in the mountains?

Maybe there'll be a festival
in Tokamachi tomorrow.

Let's go.

I'll guide you.

Let's go to town and
eat something nice.

Don't waste money.

I'll carry you on my back.

I want to run with you.

You're funny.

Come on.

People will laugh at you.

Nobody's around.

We've just passed it.

Turn right and walk
through the coppice.

Cucumber trees bloom
in spring there.

How can you remember
the road without a guide?

When I was eight.

Yasuko carried me on her
back along this road.

Every night you sneak
out to your man.

Do you think I didn't know
what you were doing?

I've been taking care of you
for years. What for?

Slut!

You betrayed my trust.

I'll expel you!

Go to your man
and drop dead!

We had a poor crop last
year. We have no rice.

Only dried taro stems.

I didn't know. I'm sorry.

I'm blind, so I couldn't see.
Forgive me.

They're having a hard time.
Don't trouble them.

Please don't leave now.

My father is ill.

He wants to hear you
sing before he dies.

He's been waiting for you.

Please accept this
and sing for him.

Thank you.

I'm glad I've kept this job
f or this moment.

Thank you.

Pregnant.

Can you feel it?

This pass is called
Physician of Souls.

Mountains smell of young
green leaves in spring.

The leaves wash our eyes
with their tears of mercy.

People come into this world,
thanks to their parents.

But Buddha mercifully
made us blind

so we can't see the
hell of this world.

Tsugiko, you're a girl.

I understand you wanted
to be happy.

But why couldn't you feel
the mercy of Buddha?

Orin, it's your first period.

Orin is a woman now.
Let's celebrate it.

Orin, you've grown
enough to have a baby.

Every woman has a monthly
period. It's women's destiny.

But goz� aren't allowed
to sleep with men.

We shouldn't have babies.

Remember?

Tsugiko had a baby and ran
away when you were eight.

Orin, you're pretty.
A nice woman.

Orin. the men are
laying a trap.

The young men are
drooling for your body.

It's fun.

I'll leave tomorrow.

Where to?

Fushimi?

To work at a brewery.

She's a child. Don't
make her drink.

Don't be strict. Drink a lot.

I'll sing "Iso Song."

"The plane is taking off
with the honeymoon couple."

"Darling, what's that place?"

"The shrine on Miyajima."

"What's that big open place?"

"Bakan Strait."

"Where are we?"

"In the cloud."

"Nobody's watching
us, then?"

"That's right."

Don't sleep with a man.

If you do, you'll be expelled.
That's the rule.

You were given a new
name at thirteen.

It was your ceremony
to marry Buddha.

Don't sleep with a man.

If you do, you'll be expelled.

Good! I'll sing
"Wajima Song."

I couldn't help it.

I couldn't contain my
excitement and joy.

It was fun.

I pitied the mistress who
had refused the pleasure.

Goz� are on an endless
trip led by Buddha.

We'll help them not get lost.

I'm a relative. I'll stay here.

You a virgin?

Take a good bath, goz�.

Thank you.

It'd been my secret desire
to sleep with a man.

Making love made me
feel warm. It was good.

I deserve divine
punishment.

I was glad to work
last night.

You were beside me
while I sang.

I relaxed and sang well.

You made me happy, too.

Thank you.

Joking again!

The customers thought
you were my guide.

You must have felt you'd
burdened yourself.

You're wrong.

Your songs fascinate me.

You're pretty, too.

Why not make love to me?

We've been together since
we met at Itsukodaira.

We slept side by side,
but you didn't take me.

Any reason you
can't love me?

After I was expelled
from the goz� group,

I had a stranger to
guide me for weeks.

It happened many times.

They all wanted to have me.

I couldn't refuse them.

They were big and strong.
No use to struggle.

I let them have me and
wished they'd pay me.

Some men tried to
make fun of me.

I couldn't forget the
warmth of a man.

I asked them to come
to where I was staying.

I even begged them.

When I slept alone in
winter. I was cold.

I was afraid I'd freeze
to death by morning.

Don't leave me, please!

I'm old.

I don't mind.

Warm me with your body.

Please!

When I was lonely, I asked
any man to make love to me.

A fire!

A rice dealer's shop.

The mistress said Buddha
mercifully made us blind

so we can't see the
hell of this world.

An old woman visited me
with rice.

She said I was traveling
like a priest

who saved people from
damnation long ago.

Didn't you ever have a
child living like that?

I had one. The baby died.

Where?

Noto.

Suzu Village.

It was winter.

I couldn't raise a child.
My man ran away.

The baby froze to death.

It was my sin.

Let's save money
and buy tools.

I'll mend clogs and
give you hot rice.

My mother was good at it.

She worked at a clog shop.
I helped her as a child.

She was a great woman.

What are you to her?

I'm her guide.

She picked me up.

She picked you up?
You picked her up.

Don't eat anything you
aren't given! I told you!

Even if you're hungry!

Why not tell me your name?

Tell me.

Tsurukawa.

Tsurukawa.

It means a crane in a river.
Senzo Tsurukawa.

I hear cranes come
to swamps.

Do they come to rivers, too?

What are you doing?

Hold me in your arms.
I want you.

Don't make love. If I do.
we can't travel together.

Why not? What's wrong
with holding me?

I want to travel with you.

I'm cold. Why not hold me
and warm me with yourself?

You don't have to make love.
Just hold me and warm me.

Orin.

Good girl.

You were born blind, and
that's why you must suffer.

That's the hell of this world.

I can't take you.

If I do,

I'll have to leave you
like all the other men.

I want to keep you
company.

Let me guide you
a little longer.

Be still.

You're like Buddha
in the evening glow.

Don't stay away.
Come closer.

You're Buddha.

It's as smooth as
an egg shell.

If my business succeeds,

you won't have to work.

You'll polish clogs
beside me.

I won't sing?

Not as a goz� anyway.

You'll be the clog
dealer's sister.

"Sister?"

You know.

You're my sister.
I'm your brother.

From tomorrow on
call me brother.

You're not my brother.

You're the man I love!

Take a look at this!

This fine silk shirt is only
a third the regular price!

Buy my medicine! It'll
warm the lower half of your body.

It's good for women.

It's like a dream.

You made me
an ordinary woman.

I don't have to slave
for meals.

I can rest.

Not so loud.

But I'm so glad.

Don't be funny. Look
like an ordinary woman.

The sea and...

...Mt. Yoneyama.

I'm happy for the first time
in my life. It's like a dream.

Not a dream.

I wish you'd make love
to me once.

I'd have no regrets
if I died.

Then we'd have to part.

You're always
Buddha to me.

I'm not Buddha.
Nor your sister!