The Fossil (film) explained

The Fossil
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Kanji: 化石 Revhep: Kaseki
Director:	Masaki Kobayashi
Music:	Tōru Takemitsu
Cinematography:	Kōzō Okazaki
Editing:	Keiichi Uraoka
Distributor:	Toho (theatrical)
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a Japanese TV miniseries which screened in eight parts between 31 January and 20 March 1972. It was directed by Masaki Kobayashi and based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue. The series received the same year's Nippon Television Technology Award for photography.^[1]

A re-edited version was released theatrically in 1975. The theatrical version was Japan's submission to the 47th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film,^[2] but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

Tokyo business tycoon Tajihei Kazuki is given a diagnosis of terminal cancer and must now re-assess his life and values.

Cast

• Shin Saburi as Tajihei Kazuki
• Mayumi Ogawa as Akiko Kazuki
• Keiko Kishi as Woman (Death)
• Komaki Kurihara as Kiyoko Kazuki
• Haruko Sugimura as Mother-in-law
• Hisashi Igawa as Funazu

See also

• List of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• • News: Screen: Monument From Japan . . Canby . Vincent . 10 September 1976 . 16 August 2021.
• Web site: Entry for the TV miniseries at Wikipedia Japan . ja . 16 August 2021.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 日本テレビ技術賞 受賞一覧 (List of Nippon Television Technology Awards) . ja . Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan . 16 August 2021.
2. Web site: List of Japanese films submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film . Japanese . Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan . 16 August 2021.