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Kazuo Ishiguro

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Kazuo Ishiguro at an event for Never Let Me Go (2010)
Kazuo Ishiguro was born on 8 November 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Living (2022). He has been married to Lorna Anne MacDougall since 1986. They have one child.
BornNovember 8, 1954
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BornNovember 8, 1954
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Kazuo Ishiguro in A Word on Words (2015)
Alex Garland, Kazuo Ishiguro, Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich in Never Let Me Go (2010)
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Guy Maddin at an event for The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

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Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day
7.8
  • Writer
  • 1993
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Never Let Me Go
7.1
  • Writer
  • 2010
Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
Living
7.5
  • Writer
  • 2022
Never Let Me Go
TV Series
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    Writer

    • Never Let Me Go
      • Pre-production
    • The Buried Giant
      • In Development
    • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
      Living
    • An Artist of the Floating World (2019)
      An Artist of the Floating World
    • LIT P.D.
    • Waiting for J (2016)
      Waiting for J
    • Never Let Me Go (2016)
      Never Let Me Go
    • Never Let Me Go (2010)
      Never Let Me Go
    • Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson in The White Countess (2005)
      The White Countess
    • The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
      The Saddest Music in the World
    • Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
      The Remains of the Day
    • The Gourmet
    • A Profile of Arthur J. Mason

    Producer

    • Never Let Me Go
      • Pre-production
    • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
      Living
    • Never Let Me Go (2010)
      Never Let Me Go
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      • Rogers, Coleridge & White [agent]
      • November 8, 1954
      • Nagasaki, Japan
      • 1986 - present (1 child)
    • Other works
      Novel: "The Remains of the Day". NOTE: Won the 1989 Booker Prize.
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      • 2 Interviews
      • 3 Articles

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      Awarded the Nobel prize for literature on 5 October 2017.
    • Quotes
      Idealistic people often become misanthropic when they are let down two or three times. Plato suggests it can be like that with the search for the meaning of the good. You shouldn't get disillusioned when you get knocked back. All you've discovered is that the search is difficult, and you still have a duty to keep on searching.

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