Young Kazuo Ishiguro interview (1986)
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- Kazuo Ishiguro discusses the difficulty of creating authentic fictional worlds, growing up in the shadow of the atomic bomb and the moral crisis of post-war Japan.
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The interviewer seems like he cannot get past the fact that Ishiguro, a Japanese by birth, is actually a great writer of the English language.
Yeah. That's my thought too. He really seems off. U know, like a jealous kind of off...
I don't think so.
He comes across as a bit of an arsehole.
Not so much, they know each other.
A beautiful response to such a staccato and rebarbative interview. Kazou is a very humble and patient interviewee. I'll leave it at that...
this interviewer is definitely just an embodiment of the society that surrounded him at this time. Ishiguro is English but always will be treated as 'the other'
Yes
Jesus projecting much he just wanted to know about his life.
Ishiguro is one of the greatest living authors!
Ishiguro is bewitching in every aspect .. eloquently avoiding the trap the interviewer keeps setting for him. I have just discovered Ishiguro and have fallen for his writing and particularly the scholar I am getting acquainted with .. wow I want to meet him
Why does the description say “discusses the difficulty of... growing up in the shadow of the atomic bomb”. Within the first few minutes Kazuo literally says that Japan had recovered rapidly before he was even born.
Fascinating content, thank you. I do not know either writer’s work, but their minds are pleasant. It gives me nostalgia for writers in a seminar. The clarity of thoughts emerging from Kazuo Ishiguro-the spontaneous words feel like written statements preserved in cotton, clean and succinct. Corrective and gentle and assured. This conversation & ambiance makes me think of Bohm’s dialogues with J Krishnamurti, or the latter’s one-off with Chögyam Trungpa. Room of two people talking and only ideas are there, not persons.
Jesus this was hard to watch. I am not a huge fan of Kazuo’s work, but I feel seriously bad for him here. Good on him for being the better man.
Poor Ishiguro, so classy despite the interviewer's obvious racism
What?
I agree
Racism? You're having a laugh. I agree, the interviewer is a bit heavy handed with the Japan-related questions, but Ishiguro's first two books were about Japan in one way or another. It was obviously a topic worth exploring, at least to some degree...
@@andyc6439 Absolutely no racism whatsoever in any questions posed.
People nowadays notice racism everywhere - even white rice is not spared.
The interviewer is terrible. Did not even practice saying his name correctly. He just cannot accept Kazuo Ishiguro as British. May be after the Nobel prize?
aww this interview is before remains of the day ahhh
Kazuo is so quietly brilliant it is devastating.
Why do so many people spew such pseudo-intellectual BS when it comes to novelists? Yet they don't do this with other storytellers, such as filmmakers. In what way did this devastate you?
@@HomeAtLast501 Maybe try rereading my sentence a few times?
Okay, I reread the comment that uses stilted language. I pose the appropriate question again: In what way did the his brilliance devastate you?@@peterpaluska7745
Perhaps a better question would be what did he say that you thought was "quietly brilliant"? Why don't we start there?@@peterpaluska7745
I'm really hoping I'll hear back from you --- I'm dying to learn from you!@@peterpaluska7745
Thank you.
Congratulation for Nobel Literature Prize !!!
Omedetou !!!
From Japan
Oh but Mr. Ishiguro, YOU ARE A Rockstar!
wow... this is a terrible interview. I watched the whole thing waiting for the interviewer to get past his obsession with Ishiguro being Japanese. Thankfully, Ishiguro's eloquence more than makes up for it.
Patrick Lim OMG I felt the same... some bits were rude too where he's asking if he struggled to learn English
Rude and petty interviewer
Yeah i noticed the same thing. It is irritating. I guess those were the days when ignorance wasnt so veiled in academic circles. I must say Ishiguro was very patient with him.
@@daminisingh5748 I was going to say the same, dumbest question ever, though in US I've been struck with this question many times, and English is one of my first languages though I'm from former USSR ( cause I went to school with an advanced English program). I hate it how English speakers somehow assume that everyone else is a savage who speaks no English and uneducated.
@@inkkvibe Russians probably think the same.
The interviewer probably had no idea that he would win the Nobel Prize. Lesson to all of us is to not judge others and always show humility.
I bet the Remains of the Day set this interviewer wrong about pigeonholing Ishiguro as a Japanese writer.
12:50 this answer really hit home after reading Remains of the Day (which was published afterward in 1989)
What a fine guy!
Never Let Me Go ❤️❤️❤️❤️
What an awful, lazy start to the interview.
Wow, that interviewer did a really terrible job.
I believe this guy. I mean Ishiguro.
He is sooo cute
He's cute 😍
ruzzell907 yeah, he's adorbs and love his books as well. His wife's a lucky gal.
Jesus Christ, that's gotta be the worst interviewer ever.
This is a very awkward interview but I'm not sure you can accuse the interviewer of racism. He is not interviewing the author of The Remains of the Day. At this point Kazuo Ishiguro had only published two novels, both of which are set partially or wholly in Japan. The first is primarily about the psychological impact that emigrating from Japan to England has on a child growing up estranged from her culture. It would be odd to avoid Japan as a subject and to not investigate whether the author shared any of his character's estrangement. The questions could have been asked with considerably more tact, but I'm glad they were asked as the answers are fascinating.
Yes, this is the right perspective.
Yes. Plus they know each other. These are two colleagues talking, as an MFA seminar pair would. One is tasked with interviewing the other, a Japanese-raised English author whose first two novels related to that aspect of his identity, and people are flabbergasted he asks about Japan. Could be better put, doesn’t feel incredibly daunting, especially when taping for an audience of what was
Ancient interview, the year before I was born.
1986 isn't ancient. I can remember 1986 very well, I was 7 years old.
@@ajs41 yeah, but I wasn't even born back then.
What is that guy looking at in his lap?
Just a tic.
I think, perhaps, when people sense racism in the interviewer question is a relevant question,and it is quite easy to labelled as that in retrospective. However, this interview set before Ishiguro's The Remain of the Day is published, thus his prior works, which supposed based in Japan stands out. We also have a hindsight bias, because by then, in 1986 Japanese culture is not widespread as of now, and I sense curiosity in interviewer's questions rather than ignorant rascism.
Who's the interviewer?
I wonder if Mr. Ishiguro writes in Japanese.
“Obviously you were born in Japan.” Huh? Why is that “obvious?”
If tell the Queen of England, that she was obviously born in England, would you consider that racist? The interviewer, who ever it is, obviously knows Ishiguro's biography, knows not only of his work but has read it. This is not a random dude telling a random guy unbeknownst to him that he is obviously japanese. So relax and try using your brain before your rac-o-meter turns on. It's too late to cancel the interviewer anyway and you wont find any old tweets of his.
because he has read up on him, he meant its obvious to himself
Because he wrote two books about it that were moderately successful. It would be like saying “Victor Wembanyama-well, you are from France obviously…”
Young Kazuo's so hot!
My mans a noble Laurette
He is so pretty :(
And that's just the interviewer.
'Rock muscians get more women than writers ' pretty straightforward statement by the interviewer :)
🤘🏼 (Can confirm as a writer 😅).
Ok, this comment section needs some cleaning up.
The "Interviewer", as stated in the beginning of this clip, is Clive Sinclair, who according to Wikipedia was born into a jewish family with the name Smolensky. Not your middle of the road racist brit is it?
He died in 2018 so give him some slack. He also wasnt a random journalist, he was a writer himself. By the time of this interview he was already a fellow of the Royal society of Literature, as Ishiguro himself became just 3 years after this interview. Sinclair was also a lecturer at the school Ishiguro had studied creative writing. He apparently wasnt focussing on becoming the next Pierce Morgan, so he doesnt care about the antics in front of the camera, or perhaps even is a bit shy.
Sinclair was most likely neither a racist nor some "terrible" interviever. He asked open questions, gave Ishiguro plenty of time to go on long tangents only somewhat addressing the topic of the question. There were no provocative questions, in contrast, Sinclair gave Ishiguro the opportunity to clarify whatever he disagreed with.
He mispronounced Ishiguro's name for a second, which you can not really blame him. Frankly, I doubt anyone of you guys actually pronounce any japanese name the correct way and your neighbour Ahmed probably knows you dont pronounce his name correctly.
Sinclar referred to Ishiguro as "obviously from Japan", not because he looked "japanese", but obviously for the fact that he knew Ishiguro's biography very well, has read his work, and had met him before as mentioned in the interview! So, all the white knights, all the cancel culture boomers and millenials, appreciate this interview for the content and get your heads out of your bums.
Hallelujah!
Concur.
International armed forces have a so called laid down strict regulations that none of them are supposed to attack civilian establishments areas and concentrate in wars only on armed bases yet like so called all laws regulations flouted by certain layers of societies formed where none of civil society norms exist for them... nuclear bomb in all its cruelty was dropped on Japan's helpless public.
The Interviewer is intoxicated or what? Is this Education Television that was part of programming till 90's....
So this was 3 years before he wrote "Remains of the Day"?
Your comment was three years ago-is your novel ready?
The interviewer is downright nasty and rude.
A half-decent interviewer/host provides the audience with the basic biographical information regarding the guest, and then asks deeper questions. It's bush league to COMMAND the guest to state their biography.
These are two colleagues performing to tape for a tiny TV audience, you’re overreacting.
@@winonafrog No, you just have low standards, or, low comprehension of the principles of interviewing. I do a podcast for a small audience, and I always honor the guest by walking through their biography.
@@HomeAtLast501 This is exactly my point: this is a novelist talking offhand to another writer, that is not a professional interviewer. Best of luck.
@@winonafrog Where did you get the impression that I was a professional interviewer? I'm not. I do a podcast for a small audience, I am not paid by anyone to do this, and it is not my profession.
Who is the interviewer?
I don't agree with the negative remarks here about the interviewer. He is trying to explore Kazuo's background at the beginning, but moves on to his interest in writing and first novels within a few minutes. He is facing a challenging interview.
And then went right back into asking questions about Japan lmao. Either you share the same bias as the interviewer or you skipped through sections of the entire interview lol. What makes this interview more challenging than other interviews?
@@eyerebel763 The fact that Ishiguro goes on long tangents barely even trying to answer the mostly straight forward questions. Which is fair but dont pretend like this was a simple task.
I'm not much of a pretender. Quite the opposite, actually.
In which portion of the interview are you referencing in terms of you claiming that he is not even answering the most straight forward questions? When I watch the interview, I see him in an uncomfortable situation, trying his best to answer the questions--and steer the conversation in another direction. I think he did an admirable and articulate job at it and I'm not even a Kazuo fan.
Like I said. It seems like you share the same bias as the interviewer. It appears almost hard or impossible for you to understand Ishiguro's POV, because you are empathizing with the interviewer so hard--whom you probably share the same bias's with and are completely blinding yourself to details in the interview that stick out like like a sore thumb.
Respectively, I equate Ishiguro and Murakami to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. I'll spare you the explication.
Except that they don't hate each other, but yes I would have to say two of the most prolific writers out of Japan.
LOL the interviewer looks like he's falling asleep at 07:25
Why did the interviewer look so uneasy, as if he had done something bad.
Well if you believe the comment section, the interviewer is the most racist person to ever Grace our screens.
I know "snowflake" is a tired trope, but the delicate flowers accusing the interviewer of unrelenting bigotry, really need to get a grip.
That was a terrible racism of the interviewer, but that used to be a common attitude of British people to us, Japanese, perhaps it is even now.
you havent seen terrible racism pal
Of course, Japanese people aren't racism.
What was the most racist part?
It wasn't terrible.
イギリスが日本好きだよ。日本に住んでいたとき、日本人がとても親切にしてくれたようにね。今はもう80年代じゃないんだ
Jesus, just ask about the book.
長崎ご出身というのですがカトリック的というよりも仏教徒的な御風貌ですね。
若い頃の石黒氏は日本人としては目立った風貌に思えます。
オリンピックが決まった頃に渡英されてるのですね。私の周囲にはオリンピックの頃に台湾から来日された転校生一家が居ました。戦中派バリバリの担任で、彼にはお客様待遇だったのが未だに不思議なのですが。。苦笑
石黒氏の父上は英ブリトンで高潮シュミレータをはつめいされたそうで、当時、英国軍の情報期間が国際治安に大きな役割を果たしていたのと関係があるように思えます。きっと、ドーリー羊のクローン技術を発表したのも英国ですし、、それは当時の英国がクローン技術に執着していたというよりは、、すでにその技術が闇で普及されてるのを知らない民が困惑でパニックを起こさせないために、たぶん、わざと
公開発表したのを思う。日本でも
昭和30代からレオポンなど色んな混血種を作ってたし、果物や園芸ではし放題である。
日本人が自覚していないだけで。。
ドーリー・バートンから名前をとったというが、、彼女が1972に作詞作曲したというI will always love youというのは、911テロ前後にホイットニー・ヒューストンが渾身の歌唱力で映画Body Guard でカバーしたけれど、、やはりⅡバチカン公会議がのっとられ、それを抑えようとしたカトリックのケネディがテキサスで暗殺されるが、この映画の背景もテキサスのカントリー・ウェスターンの曲が流れている。この歌詞って聖書のイエスの言葉だと仮定すると、最後の場面でイタリア人聖職者が命の危機をかけて会場で発言してるのがわかる。。ホイットニーはいつもイエスの道に入るのではなく、後ろを振り返り、愛おしみながら、その道から出るわけですが、、それが国防する人たちの立場だということなんでしょうか。。切ないけれど、、悪魔が実在する中ではそうしないことには、、
平成の世界になってしまう、、磁場が荒れてるというのが気候異常気象や地震の原因というけれど。。
1968に日本原子力研究所JMTRが臨界になって、1975たぶん？ロッキード事件勢力の人材？三木首相時にNRSSが臨界に、手塚治虫が警告作品「BJ」で基盤を脳に作用させることで精神をコントロールする武器技術を精神科分野で鬱対策として開発されてることを警告。。テロリズム行為との連動を暗示した作品。
また、生体間移植術も予告している。。
1976には手塚はまさしく！バチカン公会議をのっとった本来ならプロテスタント系の異端の人たちが魔女裁判さながらのテロ行為を使命心を持って組織的に進めることも作品に表している。。
1977には、高校受験を不治の病の少年が医務室で受験し合格し教室内のベッドで講義を受けつつも死んでしまうという作品は 手塚が最終的に収録させなかった作品という。。しかし、こういう事実があったのではないか。
1979、手塚に変わる勢いで、宮﨑駿氏がハイジデビュー
台湾のジュディ・オングさんがリバイバル。。角栄さんや大平さん達が失脚させられたり、表紙後は、、どうも、、こういった宇宙兵器？磁場や無線や放射線を使った研究所が活発化し同時に移民が急増していく。。大不況のはずの日本に次々とインフラ系の建造物が次々と新築されていく不思議に悩んだものです。でも、ハルカスが建ったとき、それまでより無線環境が幾分、マシになったように思えます。
なお、、バチカン公会議途中で暗殺されたケネディー10周期が角栄さんのロッキード事件。。
つまり、、世界大戦中のユダヤ人虐殺テロが今も続いてるということではないのでしょうか？
石黒氏はその悪魔の科学技術開発を見てきて、日本人に何が起こってるのかを知らせようと、執筆されたのではないだろうか。
What an awful interviewer
Vaguely racist interview tbh. Why is he reducing almost every question to ethnicity?