A PALE VIEW OF HILLS
by Kei Ishikawa
synopsis
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.
| international title: | A Pale View of Hills |
| original title: | Tōi Yama-nami No Hikari |
| country: | Japan, United Kingdom, Poland, Singapore |
| year: | 2025 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Kei Ishikawa |
| screenplay: | Kei Ishikawa |
| cast: | Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaidô, Yoh Yoshida, Camilla Aiko, Kôhei Matsushita, Tomokazu Miura, Rie Shibata, Daichi Watanabe, Lynette Edwards, Romain Danna |
| cinematography by: | Piotr Niemyjski |
| film editing: | Kei Ishikawa |
| art director: | Adam Marshall, Hiroyuki Wagatsuma |
| costumes designer: | Sayaka Takahashi |
| music: | Paweł Mykietyn |
| producer: | Miyuki Fukuma, Marta Gmosinska, Hiroyuki Ishiguro, Elizabeth Karlsen, Mariusz Wlodarski, Stephen Woolley |
| executive producer: | Naomi Despres, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michèle Marshall, Tatsumi Yoda |
| line producer: | Benjamin Greenacre, Yasuyuki Niino |
| production: | Number 9 Films Ltd, Lava Films, Bunbuku (JP), DESMAR (SG), Gaga (JP), U-Next (JP) |
