

The Fossil (1974)
- NR
- 10/24/1974 (US)
- Drama, Fantasy
- 3h 21m
Overview
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.
Masaki Kobayashi
DirectorTakeshi Yoshida
ScreenplayShun Inagaki
ScreenplayYasushi Inoue
NovelCast

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