A Pale View of Hills (2025)
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
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Suzu Hirose as Etsuko (1950s) |
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Fumi Nikaido as Sachiko |
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Yoh Yoshida as Etsuko (1980s) |
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Camilla Aiko as Niki |
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Kouhei Matsushita as Jiro Ogata |
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Tomokazu Miura as Seiji Ogata |
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Rie Shibata as Fujiwara |
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Daichi Watanabe as Shigeo Matsuda |
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Mio Suzuki as Mariko |
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Adam Rhys Dee as Pharmacist |
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Dominic Applewhite as Real Estate Agent |
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Eishin as |
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Hanako Taira as |
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Haruma Watanabe as |
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Jasmine Rose as American Tourist |
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Lynette Edwards as Mrs. Waters |
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Michelle Take as American Tourist |
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Naoki Hayashida as Udon Shop Customer |
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Naoki Sasaki as |
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Nobuhiko Tokunaga as |
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Romain Danna as Frank |
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Ruby Young as American Tourist |
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Ryuji Kosaka as Udon Shop Customer |
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Shutaro Kadoshita as Jiro's Colleague |
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Shuntaro Nakamura as Jiro's Colleague |
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Tadaaki Yamada as Boy |
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Takaaki Hirakawa as Matsuda's Colleague |
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Tomomi Furusato as Matsuda's Colleague |
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Yoki Komatsu as Akira |
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Yohei Matsukado as Street Stall Vendor |
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Yuma Oka as Boy |
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Yurina Tsubaki as Akira's Mother |
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Yuumi Goto as |
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Zenchu Mitsui as Photographer |
| Directing | Kei Ishikawa | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Ishiguro | Novel |
| Production | Kazuo Ishiguro | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hiroaki Ishiguro | Producer |
| Editing | Kei Ishikawa | Editor |
| Camera | Piotr Niemyjski | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paweł Mykietyn | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Yasuyuki Niino | Production Manager |
| Production | Marta Gmosińska | Producer |
| Production | Elizabeth Karlsen | Producer |
| Production | Stephen Wooley | Producer |
| Production | Mariusz Włodarski | Producer |
| Art | James Turner | Art Direction |
| Art | Hannah Spice | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Emma Baker | Third Assistant Director |
| Crew | Johannes Helmling | Set Production Assistant |
| Directing | Daniel Panyko | Crowd Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yuichi Tazawa | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Craig Topham | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Lucy Ashmore | Props |
| Art | Catiana Becker | Standby Art Director |
| Art | Erika Rodriguez Egas | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ella Linden | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Jake Pickering | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Tony Shepherd | Set Dresser |
| Art | Lois Williams | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Lawrence Meads | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Martin Trevis | Production Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Steve Bowman | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Naomi Despres | Executive Producer |
| Production | Miyuki Fukuma | Producer |
| Production | Benjamin Greenacre | Line Producer |
| Production | Michèle Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yasuyuki Niino | Line Producer |
| Production | Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Olivia Scott-Webb | Casting Director |
| Production | Toshie Tabata | Casting Director |
| Production | Yoko Yamashita | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mutsuki Sakai | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claire Williams | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Lee Tolley | Production Manager |
| Directing | Yu Koreyasu | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Marina Sawicka | Executive Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Mateusz Kozak | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Taka Chiyo | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | Susannah Binding | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matthew Price | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sayaka Takahashi | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Kenjiro So | Gaffer |
| Sound | Yoshio Nakamura | Sound Effects |
| Production | Akira Maguchi | Production Manager |
| Production | Akio Nomura | Executive Producer |
| Production | Takashi Shinomiya | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Takeshi Ogawa | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Tenshin Tsutsumi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazufumi Yoshimura | Executive Producer |
| Art | Adam Marshall | Production Design |
| Art | Hiroyuki Wagatsuma | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Szymon Kania | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Szymon Kania | Compositing Artist |
| Writing | Kei Ishikawa | Writer |
| Production | Hiroshi Hayakawa | Executive Producer |