New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Japanese filmmaker Kei Ishikawa has drawn international attention with his screen adaptation of 'A Pale View of Hills', the 1982 debut novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.

The film, which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section and has been featured at other major festivals, explores memory, trauma and the enduring effects of history on family life. The project is an international co-production involving Japan, the United Kingdom and Poland, and is scheduled for wider release in the UK and Ireland in 2026. It stars Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yoh Yoshida and Camilla Aiko.

In a recent interview with Mint, Ishikawa outlined the central theme he wanted to bring to the ...