Pastoral: To Die in the Country

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Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974

1h 41m

7.5(99 votes)

Fantasy

Drama

Overview

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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17 members

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菅貫太郎

Shuji

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高野浩幸

Young Shuji

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高山千草

Shuji's Mother

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八千草薫

Married woman

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新高恵子

Pregnant

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春川ますみ

Air woman

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原泉

Phantom of old woman

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原田芳雄

Arashi

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齋藤雅弘

Longsocks

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Sound

J・A・シーザー

Tengu Kurama

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木村功

Film Critic

Art

粟津潔

Poet

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三上寛

Ushi

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Yoko Ran

The Hunchbacked Girl

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Salvador Tari

Unknown Role

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大前均

Unknown Role

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Eimei Sasaki

Unknown Role

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