“A Pale View of Hills,” the debut novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, is being adapted into a film. The film is now in production and will be directed by Japan’s Ishikawa Kei.
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The film is presented by U-Next, Japan's leading local streaming company. It is produced by Bunbuku in association with Number 9 Films, the British company led by Stephen Woolley ("The Crying Game") and Elizabeth Karlsen.
Gaga Corporation will handle distribution in Japan after the film is expected to wrap in summer 2025. No sales agent or international distributor has yet been appointed.
Number Nine Films previously produced “Living,” the Ishiguro-scripted adaptation of Kurosawa Akira's classic film “Ikiru” starring Bill Nighy, for which it received two Oscar nominations.
