The Fossil (film)

The Fossil
Kanji化石
Revised HepburnKaseki
Directed byMasaki Kobayashi
Screenplay by
  • Shun Inagaki
  • Takeshi Yoshida
Based onKaseki
by Yasushi Inoue
Produced by
  • Masayuki Sato
  • Gin'ichi Kishimoto
Starring
CinematographyKōzō Okazaki
Edited byKeiichi Uraoka
Music byTōru Takemitsu
Production
companies
Distributed byToho (theatrical)
Release dates
  • 1972 (1972) (TV)[1]
  • October 4, 1975 (1975-10-04) (theatrical)[2][3]
Running time
  • 450 minutes (TV)
  • 200 minutes (theatrical)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Fossil (化石, 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.

  1. ^ a b c "化石 (The Fossil)". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "化石 (The Fossil)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "化石 (The Fossil)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "日本テレビ技術賞 受賞一覧 (List of Nippon Television Technology Awards)" (in Japanese). Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "List of Japanese films submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 16 August 2021.