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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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PASTORAL: TO DIE IN THE COUNTRY

田園に死す | Den-en ni shisu

Directed by Shûji Terayama
Japan, 1974
Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis

A film about a film-maker’s re-examination (and attempted revision) of his own childhood. His boyhood self is an unprepossessing lad who lives with his monstrous, widowed mother, fantasises about the desirable girl-next-door, and finds the visiting circus a touchstone for his dreams of escape.

Synopsis

A film about a film-maker’s re-examination (and attempted revision) of his own childhood. His boyhood self is an unprepossessing lad who lives with his monstrous, widowed mother, fantasises about the desirable girl-next-door, and finds the visiting circus a touchstone for his dreams of escape.