The Fossil (film)
1972 Japanese film
| The Fossil | |
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| Kanji | 化石 |
| Revised Hepburn | Kaseki |
| Directed by | Masaki Kobayashi |
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| Based on | Kaseki by Yasushi Inoue |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Kōzō Okazaki |
| Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
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| Distributed by | Toho (theatrical) |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Fossil (化石, Kaseki) 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.[1][3] The series received the same year's Nippon Television Technology Award for photography.[4]
A re-edited version was released theatrically in 1975.[1][2][3] The theatrical version was Japan's submission to the 47th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film,[5] 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
References
- ^ a b c "化石 (The Fossil)". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ a b "化石 (The Fossil)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "化石 (The Fossil)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "日本テレビ技術賞 受賞一覧 (List of Nippon Television Technology Awards)" (in Japanese). Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "List of Japanese films submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
- The Fossil (theatrical version) at IMDb
- Canby, Vincent (10 September 1976). "Screen: Monument From Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- "Entry for the TV miniseries at Wikipedia Japan" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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Films directed by Masaki Kobayashi
- The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
- I Will Buy You (1956)
- Black River (1957)
- The Human Condition
- No Greater Love (1959)
- Road to Eternity (1959)
- A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
- Harakiri (1962)
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Samurai Rebellion (1967)
- Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
- Inn of Evil (1971)
- The Fossil (1972)
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983)
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