The Fossil

The Fossil

1975

3h 21m

6.8

6.8/10

11 votes • View on IMDb

Drama Fantasy

Overview

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he meets the living woman, the template for his fantasy, and together, they tour rural churches. Gradually, he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges that profoundly test the lessons he has learned.

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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies

Yonki-no-Kai Productions Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title	化石
Release Date	October 4, 1975
Status	Released
Language	JA
IMDb ID	tt0135496

Cast

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Tajihei Itsuki

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Madame Marcelin

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Narrator

Hisashi Igawa

Funazu

Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa

Akiko Itsuki

Komaki Kurihara

Komaki Kurihara

Kiyoko Itsuki

Kei Yamamoto

Kei Yamamoto

Akihiko Kishi

Orie Satō

Orie Satō

Kishi's wife

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Sunami

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Itsuki's stepmother

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Toyoshima

Key Crew

Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Takeshi Yoshida

Screenplay

Shun Inagaki

Screenplay

Masayuki Satō

Producer

Gin'ichi Kishimoto

Producer

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