Back to peopleKazuo IshiguroKnown forWritingAge72 yearsPlace of birthNagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanBiographyLife and careerKazuo 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.Filmography4 filmsAll4Crew4Living2022Executive ProducerWriterEx Machina2015ThanksNever Let Me Go2010Executive ProducerNovelThe Remains of the Day1993Novel