Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist. Born in Nagasaki, his family moved to England when he was five. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for 'The Remains of the Day'. In 2017 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 8, 1954 (71)
- Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Writer and producer
- 8 on Motif · 11 credits in all
What are Kazuo Ishiguro's films like?
Across their 6 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 6
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kazuo Ishiguro's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kazuo Ishiguro's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 8 with a Motif page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Klara and the Sun(2026)
Motif score: 43rd percentile of all films
A Pale View of Hills(2025)
Motif score: 67th percentile of all films
Living(2022)
Motif score: 89th percentile of all films
An Artist of the Floating World (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Never Let Me Go (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Ex Machina(2014)
Motif score: 97th percentile of all films
Never Let Me Go(2010)
Motif score: 82nd percentile of all films
The White Countess(2005)
Motif score: 63rd percentile of all films
Motif score: 85th percentile of all films
The Remains of the Day(1993)
Motif score: 97th percentile of all films
The Gourmet (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1986 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Highest rated
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Most popular right now
Klara and the Sun (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kazuo Ishiguro's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
Reviewers score the dialogue 60/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kazuo Ishiguro's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 Motif titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kazuo Ishiguro work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kazuo Ishiguro's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Ivory shares the most, 2.
Directors
- James IvoryShared titles: The White Countess (2005), The Remains of the Day (1993)See all 2 shared titles with James Ivory
Composers
- Richard RobbinsShared titles: The White Countess (2005), The Remains of the Day (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Robbins
Producers
- Ismail MerchantShared titles: The White Countess (2005), The Remains of the Day (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Ismail Merchant
- Paul BradleyShared titles: The White Countess (2005), The Remains of the Day (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Bradley