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The Fossil

1975 film by Masaki Kobayashi
Movie film Q3232745
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The Fossil

Summary

The Fossil is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Fossil's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Fossil's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi[4].
  • The Fossil's screenwriter is recorded as Yasushi Inoue[5].
  • The Fossil's composer is recorded as Tōru Takemitsu[6].
  • The Fossil's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Keiko Kishi[8].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Shin Saburi[9].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Mayumi Ogawa[10].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Komaki Kurihara[11].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Haruko Sugimura[12].
  • The Fossil's cast member is recorded as Hisashi Igawa[13].
  • The Fossil's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0135496[14].
  • The Fossil's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[15].
  • The Fossil's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[16].
  • The Fossil's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 197321[17].
  • The Fossil's country of origin is recorded as Japan[18].
  • The Fossil's publication date is recorded as +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Fossil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047msy2[20].
  • The Fossil's nominated for is recorded as International Submission to the Academy Awards[21].
  • The Fossil's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '化石'}[22].
  • The Fossil's AllMovie title ID is recorded as v155912[23].
  • The Fossil's MovieMeter film ID is recorded as 61472[24].
  • The Fossil's Swedish Film Database ID is recorded as 49127[25].
  • The Fossil's KINENOTE film ID is recorded as 18427[26].
  • The Fossil's Movie Walker Press film ID is recorded as mv18248[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Fossil's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Yasushi Inoue[5]. Cast members include Keiko Kishi[8], Shin Saburi[9], Mayumi Ogawa[10], Komaki Kurihara[11], Haruko Sugimura[12], and Hisashi Igawa[13].

Publication

The Fossil's publication date is recorded as +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[19]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[16]. Its genre is recorded as drama film[7].

Why It Matters

The Fossil ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

film Japan Masaki Kobayashi Tōru Takemitsu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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