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A Pale View of Hills (2025)

September 5, 2025 (JP) Drama, History • 123m

Overview

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.

Director

Kei Ishikawa

Top Billed

Suzu Hirose

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Crew
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro

Executive Producer

Piotr Niemyjski
Piotr Niemyjski

Director of Photography

Paweł Mykietyn
Paweł Mykietyn

Original Music Composer

Yasuyuki Niino
Yasuyuki Niino

Production Manager

James Turner
James Turner

Art Direction

Hannah Spice
Hannah Spice

Set Decoration

Emma Baker
Emma Baker

Third Assistant Director

Johannes Helmling
Johannes Helmling

Set Production Assistant

Daniel Panyko
Daniel Panyko

Crowd Assistant Director

Yuichi Tazawa
Yuichi Tazawa

First Assistant Director

Craig Topham
Craig Topham

Second Assistant Director

Catiana Becker
Catiana Becker

Standby Art Director

Ella Linden
Ella Linden

Art Department Assistant

Jake Pickering
Jake Pickering

Art Department Assistant

Tony Shepherd
Tony Shepherd

Set Dresser

Lois Williams
Lois Williams

Graphic Designer

Lawrence Meads
Lawrence Meads

First Assistant Sound Editor

Martin Trevis
Martin Trevis

Production Sound Mixer

Steve Bowman
Steve Bowman

Special Effects Supervisor

Naomi Despres
Naomi Despres

Executive Producer

Michèle Marshall
Michèle Marshall

Executive Producer

Yasuyuki Niino
Yasuyuki Niino

Line Producer

Tatsumi Yoda
Tatsumi Yoda

Executive Producer

Olivia Scott-Webb
Olivia Scott-Webb

Casting Director

Toshie Tabata
Toshie Tabata

Casting Director

Yoko Yamashita
Yoko Yamashita

Casting Director

Mutsuki Sakai
Mutsuki Sakai

Makeup & Hair

Claire Williams
Claire Williams

Makeup & Hair

Lee Tolley
Lee Tolley

Production Manager

Yu Koreyasu
Yu Koreyasu

Assistant Director

Marina Sawicka
Marina Sawicka

Executive Visual Effects Producer

Mateusz Kozak
Mateusz Kozak

Post Production Supervisor

Taka Chiyo
Taka Chiyo

Music Supervisor

Susannah Binding
Susannah Binding

Script Supervisor

Matthew Price
Matthew Price

Costume Design

Sayaka Takahashi
Sayaka Takahashi

Costume Design

Yoshio Nakamura
Yoshio Nakamura

Sound Effects

Akira Maguchi
Akira Maguchi

Production Manager

Akio Nomura
Akio Nomura

Executive Producer

Takashi Shinomiya
Takashi Shinomiya

Executive Producer

Takeshi Ogawa
Takeshi Ogawa

Sound Recordist

Tenshin Tsutsumi
Tenshin Tsutsumi

Executive Producer

Kazufumi Yoshimura
Kazufumi Yoshimura

Executive Producer

Adam Marshall
Adam Marshall

Production Design

Hiroyuki Wagatsuma
Hiroyuki Wagatsuma

Production Design

Szymon Kania
Szymon Kania

VFX Supervisor

Szymon Kania
Szymon Kania

Compositing Artist

Hiroshi Hayakawa
Hiroshi Hayakawa

Executive Producer



Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

March 19, 2026

Set in two different timelines and in two different countries, this tells us of the reminiscences of “Etsuko” who emigrated from Nagasaki to the UK with her husband and young daughter. Time has marched on, her husband is now dead and as she is about to sell her bungalow, their aspiring journalist daughter “Niki” (Camilla Aiko) arrives to help her pack. She also announces that she has been commissioned to write a story based on her mother’s memoir… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

Revenue

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