CANNES, France ¨C Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro¡¯s first novel, set in postwar Nagasaki and 1980s England, needed to be made into a film while there were still some of Japan¡¯s World War II generation alive to share their stories, director Kei Ishikawa says.
¡°The hurdles were high, but I felt strongly that if I had the chance to make the movie, I should do it now,¡± Ishikawa says at the Cannes Film Festival, where ¡°A Pale View of Hills¡± is competing in the Un Certain Regard category. The 78th edition of the film festival kicked off on May 13 and will conclude Saturday.
¡°In a few years¡¯ time, we might not be able to get to hear their stories, and that weighed heavily on me,¡± says the Japanese director, whose 2022 film ¡°A Man¡± premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
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