DramaRomance

The Pillow Book

1995

126 min

6.3

63.2%

User Score

(178 votes)

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

DIRECTED BY

Peter Greenaway

STARRING

Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida, Ewan McGregor

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Trailer

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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

Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon

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