---
title: 'The Fossil (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masaki Kobayashi'
released: '1975-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fossil-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135496/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fossil (1975)

1975 · Drama · Japan

Original title: 化石

## Synopsis

The Fossil  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masaki Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaki-kobayashi)
- **Screenplay:** [Yasushi Inoue](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-inoue)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tōru Takemitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu)

## Cast

- [Haruko Sugimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruko-sugimura)
- [Komaki Kurihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/komaki-kurihara)
- [Shin Saburi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-saburi)
- [Mayumi Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mayumi-ogawa)
- [Hisashi Igawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisashi-igawa)
- [Keiko Kishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-kishi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fossil-1975
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