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The Fossil

65 %|Oct 4, 1975|Drama

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to fantasize about her as the personification of his impending death. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he actually meets the living woman who is 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 which profoundly test the lessons he has learned.

Featured Crew

Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Shun Inagaki
Screenplay
Takeshi Yoshida
Screenplay
Yasushi Inoue
Novel
Gin'ichi Kishimoto
Producer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Toru Takemitsu
Music
Kōzō Okazaki
Cinematography

Cast

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Shin Saburi
Tajihei Itsuki
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Keiko Kishi
Madame Marcelin
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Gō Katō
Narrator
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Mayumi Ogawa
Akiko Itsuki
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Komaki Kurihara
Kiyoko Itsuki
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Kei Yamamoto
Akihiko Kishi
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Orie Satō
Kishi's wife
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Haruko Sugimura
Itsuki's stepmother
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Ichirō Nakatani
Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)
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Yoshio Inaba
Toyoshima
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Sue Mitobe
Itsuki family's maid
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Jūkichi Uno
Tappei Yakubi
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Shigeru Kōyama
Dr. Kihara
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Tetsuo Hasegawa
Akiko's husband
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Ichirō Nakatani
Taisuke, Tajihei's brother
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Jūkichi Uno
Tappei Yabuki
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Kei Yamamoto
Akihiko Kishi