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Pastoral: To Die in the Country

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Wikipedia article




, also known as 'Pastoral Hide and Seek', is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Shji Terayama. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.

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."

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