15 Sep 1999
Gemini
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Ballad of Orin
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
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岩下志麻 Orin
原田芳雄 Heitaro
奈良岡朋子 Teruyo
殿山泰司 Mountain Man
安部徹 Besho
浜村純 Saito
小林薫 Torazo
横山リエ Kaneko
山谷初男 Yamashita
西田敏行 Suketaro
桑山正一 Manzaburo Imanishi
樹木希林 Tama Ichise
加藤嘉 Isuke
原泉 Old Woman
Tomoko Jinbo 
不破万作 
伊達三郎 松山照夫 
初井言榮 三戸部スエ
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