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The Fossil

7.219753h 21mNRMovieDramaFantasy

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…

DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
WritersShun Inagaki·Takeshi Yoshida
ProducersGin'ichi Kishimoto·Masayuki Satō

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Streaming in 1 other country

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Cast · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

SSShin Saburi
Shin Saburi
Tajihei Itsuki
KKKeiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Madame Marcelin
HIHisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Funazu
MOMayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa
Akiko Itsuki
KKKomaki Kurihara
Komaki Kurihara
Kiyoko Itsuki
KYKei Yamamoto
Kei Yamamoto
Akihiko Kishi
OSOrie Satō
Orie Satō
Kishi's wife
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Sunami
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Itsuki's stepmother
INIchirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)
YIYoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Toyoshima
SM
Sue Mitobe
Itsuki family's maid

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