A Pale View of Hills (2025)
September 5, 2025Release Date
Plot.
Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.
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Cast & Crew.

Suzu Hirose
Etsuko

Fumi Nikaido
Sachiko

Yoh Yoshida
Etsuko

Camilla Aiko
Niki

Kouhei Matsushita
Jiro

Tomokazu Miura
Ogata

Lynette Edwards

Rie Shibata

Daichi Watanabe

Kei Ishikawa
Director / Editor / Screenplay

Kazuo Ishiguro
Novel / Executive Producer

Hiroaki Ishiguro
Producer

Piotr Niemyjski
Director of Photography

Paweł Mykietyn
Original Music Composer

Yasuyuki Niino
Production Manager / Line Producer

Marta Gmosińska
Producer

Elizabeth Karlsen
Producer

Stephen Wooley
Producer

Mariusz Włodarski
Producer

Adam Marshall
Production Designer

James Turner
Art Direction

Hannah Spice
Set Decoration

Matthew Price
Costume Designer

Emma Baker
Third Assistant Director

Johannes Helmling
Set Production Assistant

Daniel Panyko
Crowd Assistant Director

Yuichi Tazawa
First Assistant Director

Craig Topham
Second Assistant Director

Lucy Ashmore
Props

Catiana Becker
Standby Art Director

Erika Rodriguez Egas
Set Decoration

Ella Linden
Art Department Assistant

Jake Pickering
Art Department Assistant

Tony Shepherd
Set Dresser

Lois Williams
Graphic Designer

Lawrence Meads
First Assistant Sound Editor

Martin Trevis
Production Sound Mixer

Steve Bowman
Special Effects Supervisor

Naomi Despres
Executive Producer

Miyuki Fukuma
Producer

Benjamin Greenacre
Line Producer

Hiroshi Hayakawa
Executive Producer

Michèle Marshall
Executive Producer

Tatsumi Yoda
Executive Producer

Olivia Scott-Webb
Casting Director

Rie Tabata
Casting Director

Yoko Yamashita
Casting Director

Hiroyuki Wagatsuma
Production Designer

Sayaka Takahashi
Costume Designer

Mutsuki Sakai
Makeup & Hair

Claire Williams
Makeup & Hair

Lee Tolley
Production Manager

Yu Koreyasu
Assistant Director

Marina Sawicka
Executive Visual Effects Producer

Mateusz Kozak
Post Production Supervisor

Taka Chiyo
Music Supervisor
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 5, 2025
Original Name遠い山なみの光
StatusPost Production
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
widow
1950s
1960s
nagasaki, japan
human mystery
Wiki.
A Pale View of Hills is an upcoming internationally co-produced drama film, written and directed by Kei Ishikawa. It is based upon the 1982 novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro. It stars Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yō Yoshida and Camilla Aiko.
It will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.