---
title: 'Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shūji Terayama'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pastoral-to-die-in-the-country-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071406/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

1974 · 104 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 田園に死す

## Synopsis

Pastoral: To Die in the Country , also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek, is a 1974 Japanese experimental surrealist film written and directed by Shūji Terayama. Adapted from Terayama's 1965 tanka poetry collection and a 1962 television drama he scripted—both sharing the film's Japanese title—the film stars Kantarō Suga, Hiroyuki Takano, Kaoru Yachigusa, and Isao Kimura. Employing a film-within-a-film structure, it depicts an adult director (Suga)—a stand-in for Terayama—who encounters resistance from his younger self (Takano) as he attempts to complete a cinematic reimagining of his rural adolescence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shūji Terayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shuji-terayama)
- **Original Music Composer:** [J. A. Seazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-a-seazer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tatsuo Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-suzuki)

## Cast

- [Kan Mikami](https://cinepixo.com/people/kan-mikami)
- [Kantarō Suga](https://cinepixo.com/people/kantaro-suga)
- [Yoshio Harada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-harada)
- [Masumi Harukawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masumi-harukawa)
- [Kaoru Yachigusa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaoru-yachigusa)
- [Isao Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-kimura)

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