The Fossil (film)

Kanji化石

Revised HepburnKaseki

Directed byMasaki Kobayashi

Screenplay by

• Shun Inagaki
• Takeshi Yoshida

The Fossil
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Kanji	化石
Revised Hepburn	Kaseki
Directed by	Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay by	Shun Inagaki Takeshi Yoshida
Based on	Kaseki by Yasushi Inoue
Produced by	Masayuki Sato Gin'ichi Kishimoto
Starring	Shin Saburi Mayumi Ogawa Keiko Kishi
Cinematography	Kōzō Okazaki
Edited by	Keiichi Uraoka
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu
Production companies	Haiyuza Theatre Company Shiki no kai
Distributed by	Toho (theatrical)
Release dates	1972 (1972) (TV)[1] October 4, 1975 (1975-10-04) (theatrical)[2][3]
Running time	450 minutes (TV) 200 minutes (theatrical)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Fossil (Japanese: 化石, Hepburn: 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.