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The Pillow Book

6.3/10

September 1, 1995

126 minutes

Peter Greenaway

Drama Romance

Overview

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.

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Movie Details

Release Date

September 1, 1995

Runtime

126 minutes

Director

Peter Greenaway

Rating

6.3/10

Production Companies

Kasander & Wigman Productions Alpha Films Nederlands Fonds voor de Film Woodline Films Ltd. Film4 Productions

Trailer

The Pillow Book (1996) trailer

Cast

Vivian Wu

Nagiko

Yoshi Oida

The Publisher

Ken Ogata

The Father

Hideko Yoshida

The Aunt / The Maid

Ewan McGregor

Jerome

Yutaka Honda

Hoki

Judy Ongg

The Mother

Ken Mitsuishi

The Husband

Barbara Lott

Jerome's Mother

Lynne Langdon

Jerome's sister

Ronald Guttman

Calligrapher

The Pillow Book

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