Pastoral: Hide and Seek

Pastoral: Hide and Seek

1974. Japan. Written and directed by Shuji Terayama. With Kantaro Suga, Hiroyuki Takano, Yoshio Harada. A virtuoso in a great many artistic disciplines, counterculture icon Terayama drew upon his poetry collection, also titled Pastoral, for this cleverly humorous exploration of memory and memoir. His alter ego is a filmmaker who is suddenly confronted with his childhood self. In Japanese; English subtitles. 102 min.