Oct 04, 1975
201 min
Full-HD

The Fossil (1975)

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.

Category

Drama Fantasy

Country

Japan

Companies

Yonki-no-Kai Productions Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Shin Saburi

Tajihei Itsuki

Keiko Kishi

Madame Marcelin

Gō Katō

Narrator

Hisashi Igawa

Funazu

Mayumi Ogawa

Akiko Itsuki

Komaki Kurihara

Kiyoko Itsuki

Kei Yamamoto

Akihiko Kishi

Orie Satō

Kishi's wife

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