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Pastoral: To Die in the Country (田園に死す, Den-en ni shisu), also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Shūji Terayama.[1] It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film poster
Directed by	Shūji Terayama
Written by	Shūji Terayama
Produced by	Eiko Kujo Kinshirô Kuzui Shūji Terayama
Starring	Kantaro Suga
Cinematography	Tatsuo Suzuki
Edited by	Sachiko Yamaji
Release date	28 December 1974 (1974-12-28)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Kantaro Suga - Me
• Hiroyuki Takano - Me, as a boy
• Yoshio Harada - Arashi
• Izumi Hara - Phantom of old woman
• Masumi Harukawa
• Isao Kimura - Film Critic
• Kan Mikami
• Keiko Niitaka
• Yoko Ran
• J.A. Seazer - Tengu Kurama
• Kaoru Yachigusa

Reception

In a 2011 case for the film's release into The Criterion Collection, Robert Nishimura lauded Pastoral: To Die in the Country as "an important film by an important filmmaker". He cited its "effortless phantasmagorical freedom" and referred to the work as "so unique and spellbinding that it transcends all classification."[3]

References

External links

• Pastoral: To Die in the Country at IMDb

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