Kazuo Ishiguro – Scripts on Screen

Living Script

celluloid — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:49:17 +0000

Year:2022

Director:Oliver Hermanus

Written by:Kazuo Ishiguro (Writer), Akira Kurosawa (Original Film Writer)

Script Synopsis:A veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII, Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness.

Living Script Resources:

Living Script PDF at Script Slug
Living Script PDF at sonyclassics.com
Living Script PDF - [Ishiguro] [Undated] at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Never Let Me Go

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:30 +0000

Year:2010

Director:Mark Romanek

Written by:Alex Garland (Screenplay), Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel)

Script Synopsis:As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.

Never Let Me Go Script Resources:

Never Let Me Go Script PDF - Shooting Script - 3/24/2009 at The Script Savant
Never Let Me Go Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Never Let Me Go Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

The Remains of the Day

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:45:04 +0000

Year:1993

Director:James Ivory

Written by:Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

The Remains of the Day Script Resources:

The Remains of the Day Script PDF - [Harold Pinter Draft][Rev 1/24/1991] at Script Fly ($)
The Remains of the Day Script PDF - [Uncredited][2nd Aug. 1992] at Script Fly ($)
The Remains of the Day Script PDF - XL 1/24/91 REVISED *page at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.