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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

1954-11-08

Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Age: 70

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Biography

Kazoo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist. Born in Nagasaki, his family moved to England when he was five. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for 'The Remains of the Day'. In 2017 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

Best known for:

Ex Machina

Never Let Me Go

The Remains of the Day

Living

The White Countess

The Saddest Music in the World

The Gourmet

Kulturzeit

Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

Never Let Me Go

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

A Pale View of Hills

Klara and the Sun

The Buried Giant

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Filmography:

The Gourmet (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Remains of the Day (1993)
6.3
WORK AS:
Novel
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
5.6
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The White Countess (2005)
4.9
WORK AS:
Writer
Never Let Me Go (2010)
5.7
WORK AS:
Novel, Executive Producer
Ex Machina (2015)
7.3
WORK AS:
Thanks
Never Let Me Go (2016)
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Creator
An Artist of the Floating World (2019)
WORK AS:
Novel

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Living (2022)
5.7
WORK AS:
Executive Producer, Writer
A Pale View of Hills (2025)
WORK AS:
Novel, Executive Producer
Klara and the Sun
WORK AS:
Book, Executive Producer
The Buried Giant
WORK AS:
Novel

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