Pillow Book, The (1995)
Genre Adult, Drama, Romance
Studio Columbia TriStar
Movie Release Date 1995
Country UK
Language English
Running Time 126 mins
Format VHS
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.5
Cast
Yutaka Honda Hoki
Miwako Kawai Young Nagiko
Barbara Lott Jerome's Mother
Ewan McGregor Jerome
Ken Mitsuishi The Husband
Ken Ogata The Father
Yoshi Oida The Publisher
Judy Ongg The Mother
Vivian Wu Nagiko
Hideko Yoshida The Aunt / The Maid
Crew
Director Peter Greenaway
Writer Peter Greenaway
Writer Sei Shonagon
Producer Kees Kasander
Producer Terry Glinwood
Composer Joe Delia
Cinematography Sacha Vierny
Tagline
Things that make the heart beat faster.
Plot
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. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, and her sexual odyssey (and the creation of her own Pillow Book) is a "parfait mélange" of classical Japanese, modern Chinese, and Western film images.
Personal Details
Rating
Collection Status In Collection
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IMDB
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Edition Details
Format VHS
Tape Number 350
Position 2/3
Tape Speed Normal
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.77:1 (16:9)
Subtitles Scandinavian (from TV)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Stereo