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19721 seasonTV SeriesDrama

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

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
Episode 1
Jan 31, 1972
E2
Episode 2
Feb 7, 1972
E3
Episode 3
Feb 14, 1972
E4
Episode 4
Feb 21, 1972
E5
Episode 5
Feb 28, 1972
E6
Episode 6
Mar 6, 1972
E7
Episode 7
Mar 13, 1972
E8
Episode 8
Mar 20, 1972

Cast · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

SSShin Saburi
Shin Saburi
Tajihei Kazuki
MOMayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa
Akiko Kazuki
KKKeiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Madame Marcelin
KKKomaki Kurihara
Komaki Kurihara
Kiyoko Kazuki
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Mother-in-Law
HIHisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Funazu
GKGō Katō
Gō Katō
Narrator

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Fossil has 1 season in total (8 episodes). The series concluded in 1972.

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