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Fossil

TV·1972–1972·1 season, 8 episodes·Fuji TV·Drama·56m·Created by Masaki Kobayashi

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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.

Cast

Shin SaburiShin SaburiTajihei KazukiMayumi OgawaMayumi OgawaAkiko KazukiKeiko KishiKeiko KishiMadame MarcelinKomaki KuriharaKomaki KuriharaKiyoko KazukiHaruko SugimuraHaruko SugimuraMother-in-LawHisashi IgawaHisashi IgawaFunazuGō KatōGō KatōNarrator

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes1972Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 31, 1972—A detailed look at a Tokyo business tycoon given a diagnosis of terminal cancer who must now re-assess his life and values.
  2. S01E02Episode 2February 7, 1972—
  3. S01E03Episode 3February 14, 1972—
  4. S01E04Episode 4February 21, 1972—
  5. S01E05Episode 5February 28, 1972—
  6. S01E06Episode 6March 6, 1972—
  7. S01E07Episode 7March 13, 1972—
  8. S01E08Episode 8March 20, 1972—

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