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The Fossil

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.

Top 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

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.

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