- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1976-09-09
- Director: Masaki Kobayashi
- Writers: Shun Inagaki , Yasushi Inoue , Takeshi Yoshida
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Shin Saburi , Mayumi Ogawa , Keiko Kishi , Komaki Kurihara , Haruko Sugimura , Hisashi Igawa , Tetsuo Hasegawa , Yoshio Inaba , Shigeru Kōyama , Sue Mitobe
- Runtime: 200 min
- Awards: 7 wins
- AKA: Skamieliny (Poland) , Kaseki (Canada) , Окаменелость (Russian Federation) , Kaseki (United States of America) , 化石 (Japan) , The Fossil (United States of America) , Kaseki
- Plot: A detailed look at a Tokyo business tycoon (played by Shin Saburi) given a diagnosis of terminal cancer who must now re-assess his life and values.
- IMDB:tt0135496
The Fossil Cast · · · ALL
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Shin Saburi
Tajihei Itsuki
Keiko Kishi
Madame Marcelin
Gō Katō
Narrator
Hisashi Igawa
Funazu
Mayumi Ogawa
Akiko Itsuki
Komaki Kurihara
Kiyoko Itsuki
Kei Yamamoto
Akihiko Kishi
Orie Satō
Kishi's wife
Seiji Miyaguchi
Sunami
Haruko Sugimura
Itsuki's stepmother
Ichirô Nakatani
Taisuke, Tajihei's brother
Yoshio Inaba
Toyoshima
Sue Mitobe
Itsuki family's maid
Jūkichi Uno
Tappei Yabuki
Shigeru Kōyama
Dr. Kihara
Yûsuke Takita