Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Name: Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Director: Shūji Terayama
Released: 1974
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Niitaka, Masumi Harukawa, Kan Mikami, Masahiro Saito

1974 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 2,597 VOTES · DIR. Shūji Terayama

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 748 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 We've got Carpenter Street, Temple Street, Rice Street, Buddha Street.

00:08:02 As it's the Day of the Dog...

00:11:31 Father! Father, darling!

00:15:31 In spring, I will run away from home.

00:20:50 Yeah, it's good.

00:25:05 - Please? - No, there's no way.

00:31:12 Would you like to run away with me?

00:34:09 I don't believe you. You're kidding.

00:41:27 Is that all for today?

00:44:02 Therefore, if we want to preserve our dreams...

00:47:55 beneath the nicotine...

00:52:38 - Yes. - She went towards the mountain.

00:56:46 She wouldn't give up the field before her husband was back home.

01:00:22 That won't do! It's the baby we must get rid of!

01:03:25 It's a fine place, you'll see!

01:08:32 My child, my daughter!

01:12:33 - For me? - Yes.

01:16:53 The harlot my mother is here below.

01:20:01 How should I know? I'm only fifteen now!

01:22:16 Another looks like a human head.

01:24:06 Too much time has passed.

01:27:34 I've cut my hair too.

01:31:27 "A stone for my father

01:36:46 Production Design Kiyoshi AWAZU

Cast & Characters

Kaoru Yachigusa Married Bird Keiko Niitaka Kusagoromo Masumi Harukawa Air Woman Kan Mikami Cow Masahiro Saito Longsocks Kantarô Suga Me Hiroyuki Takano Me, as a boy Chigusa Takayama My Mother Salvador Tari Masako Ono Devil

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed748

Dialogue density7.4 lines / min

First line00:00:09

Final line01:36:46

Production Record

DirectorShūji Terayama

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes2,597