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.
Released in 1975, The Fossil is a drama and fantasy film from Yonki-no-Kai Productions (Japan). It was directed by Masaki Kobayashi and written by Takeshi Yoshida and Shun Inagaki. The cast is led by Shin Saburi, Keiko Kishi, Hisashi Igawa, Mayumi Ogawa and Komaki Kurihara. With a runtime of 3h 21m, the film averages 7.2/10 across 13 TMDB ratings.
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