The Fossil

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

3h 21m

Genre

Drama, Fantasy

Release Date

04 Oct 1975

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Yonki-no-Kai Productions
Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
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