The Fossil

The Fossil

1975
3h 21m
6.8

6.8/10

11 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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
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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