Fossil

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.

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First Aired

Jan 31, 1972

Last Aired

Mar 20, 1972

Episode Runtime

56m

Created By

Masaki Kobayashi

Network

Fuji TV

Original Name

化石

Country

JP