The Fossil
(1975)

Released: 1975-10-04

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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.

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Shin Saburi

as Tajihei Itsuki

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Keiko Kishi

as Madame Marcelin

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Mayumi Ogawa

as Akiko Itsuki

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Komaki Kurihara

as Kiyoko Itsuki

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Kei Yamamoto

as Akihiko Kishi

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Orie Satō

as Kishi's wife

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Haruko Sugimura

as Itsuki's stepmother

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Ichirō Nakatani

as Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)

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Yoshio Inaba

as Toyoshima

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Sue Mitobe

as Itsuki family's maid

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Jūkichi Uno

as Tappei Yakubi

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Shigeru Kōyama

as Dr. Kihara

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Tetsuo Hasegawa

as Akiko's husband

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Ichirō Nakatani

as Taisuke, Tajihei's brother

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Jūkichi Uno

as Tappei Yabuki

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Kei Yamamoto

as Akihiko Kishi

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