Pastoral: To Die in the Country
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country | |
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| Directed by | Shūji Terayama |
| Written by | Shūji Terayama |
| Based on | Den-en ni shisu by Shūji Terayama |
| Produced by | Eiko Kujo Kinshirô Kuzui Shūji Terayama |
| Starring | Kantaro Suga |
| Cinematography | Tatsuo Suzuki |
| Edited by | Sachiko Yamaji |
| Music by | J.A. Seazer |
Production companies | Jinriki Hikoki Sha Art Theatre Guild |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Japanese: 田園に死す, romanized: Den-en ni shisu, lit. 'To die in the countryside') also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek (French: Cache-cache pastoral), is a 1974 Japanese experimental surrealistic film directed by Shūji Terayama. An autobiographical film, it employs a film-within-film structure, depicting a young man (a stand-in for Terayama) wrestling with the film he is attempting to complete - a reimagination of his adolescence. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.