Fossil

A contemplative journey that explores mortality through quiet encounters and internal struggle.

Created by

Masaki Kobayashi

Genres

Drama

Starring

Shin Saburi, Mayumi Ogawa, Keiko Kishi

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Death, fate, healing, identity

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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