The Pillow Book
UK / France / Netherlands / Luxembourg,
1996, 126 min
Directed by:
Peter GreenawayScreenplay:
Peter GreenawayCinematography:
Sacha ViernyCast:
Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor, Ken Mitsuishi, Chris Bearne, Mennan Yapo, Ronald Guttman, Adrian Kwan, Jim Adhi Limas, Ham-Chau Luong, Arnita Swanson, 笈田ヨシ (more)VOD (1)
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As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko’s father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from The Pillow Book, the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. As she grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, Nagiko begins a sexual odyssey. (MUBI)