Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974•1h 41m•7.4/10

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Ratings

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7.4/10(103)

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.

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Production

Art Theatre Guild, Jinriki Hikoki Sha

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

Shuji

Hiroyuki Takano

Young Shuji

Chigusa Takayama

Chigusa Takayama

Shuji's Mother

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Married woman

Keiko Niitaka

Keiko Niitaka

Pregnant

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Air woman

Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Phantom of old woman

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Arashi

Masahiro Saito

Longsocks

J.A. Seazer

J.A. Seazer

Tengu Kurama

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Film Critic

Kiyoshi Awazu

Kiyoshi Awazu

Poet

Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

Ushi

Yoko Ran

Yoko Ran

The Hunchbacked Girl

Salvador Tari

Hitoshi Ōmae

Eimei Sasaki

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