The Fossil
(1975)
★ 7.2 IMDb · 13 votes
Year: 1975
Runtime: 200 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 小林正樹
Cast: 佐分利信, Кэйко Киси, 井川比佐志, 小川眞由美, Комаки Курихара, Кэи Ямамото, 佐藤オリエ, 宮口精二, 杉村春子, 中谷一郎
Plot
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.