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Kazuo Ishiguro

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  • Producer
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Kazuo Ishiguro at an event for Never Let Me Go (2010)
An English-language adaptation of the script of "Ikiru" (1952), set in London in the 1950s.
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Living (2022)
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Kazuo Ishiguro was born on 8 November 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Living (2022), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Never Let Me Go (2010). 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
    • 2 wins & 12 nominations total

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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)
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Guy Maddin at an event for The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

Known for:

Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
Living
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2022
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
Never Let Me Go
TV Series
  • Writer

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    Writer

    • Klara and the Sun
      • novel
      • Pre-production
    • Never Let Me Go
      • based on the novel by
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • The Buried Giant
      • based on the novel by
      • Pre-production
    • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
      Living
      • written by
      • 2022
    • An Artist of the Floating World (2019)
      An Artist of the Floating World
      • novel
      • TV Movie
      • 2019
    • LIT P.D. (2017)
      LIT P.D.
      • based on the book by
      • TV Series
      • 2017
    • Waiting for J (2016)
      Waiting for J
      • based on the short story by
      • Short
      • 2016
    • Never Let Me Go (2016)
      Never Let Me Go
      • based on the novel by
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2016
    • Never Let Me Go (2010)
      Never Let Me Go
      • novel
      • 2010
    • Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson in The White Countess (2005)
      The White Countess
      • original screenplay
      • 2005
    • The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
      The Saddest Music in the World
      • original screenplay
      • 2003
    • Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
      The Remains of the Day
      • novel
      • 1993
    • The Gourmet
      • written by
      • TV Movie
      • 1984
    • A Profile of Arthur J. Mason
      • written by
      • TV Movie
      • 1984

    Producer

    • Never Let Me Go
      • executive producer
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
      Living
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Never Let Me Go (2010)
      Never Let Me Go
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Personal details

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      • Rogers, Coleridge & White [agent]
    • Height
      • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
    • Born
      • November 8, 1954
      • Nagasaki, Japan
    • Spouse
      • Lorna Anne MacDougall1986 - present (1 child)
    • Other works
      Novel: "The Remains of the Day". NOTE: Won the 1989 Booker Prize.
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 3 Articles
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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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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