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The Pillow Book

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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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Dec 15, 1998

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Never less than mesmerizing, even when you're not exactly sure what exactly Greenaway is trying to say.

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One of Greenaway's most fascinatingly perverse works.

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Manages to carry on Peter Greenaway's tradition of cherishing both the erotic and the exotic.

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