Pastoral: To Die in the Country backdrop

Pastoral: To Die in the Country poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release1974

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Art Theatre Guild

Jinriki Hikoki Sha

Movie

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974

1h 41m

7.4

Fantasy

Drama

Synopsis

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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