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The Pillow Book (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 19
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century... An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome "The Pillow Book." But the tables are turned when she meets a bisexual English translator who wants to be her canvas instead. An assault on the senses in the best Greenaway tradition, featuring frames-within-frames, elaborate costuming and production design, painterly shot composition, and utterly frank scenes of nudity and violence. [More]
Starring: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata
Starring: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida, Judy Ongg, Ken Mitsuishi, Yutaka Honda, Barbara Lott
Director: Peter Greenaway
Director: Peter Greenaway
Screenwriter: Peter Greenaway
Producer: Kees Kasander
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Reviews for The Pillow Book
Never less than mesmerizing, even when you're not exactly sure what exactly Greenaway is trying to say.
Manages to carry on Peter Greenaway's tradition of cherishing both the erotic and the exotic.
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