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The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers. The film is a melding of dark modern drama with idealised Chinese and Japanese cultural themes and settings, and centres on body painting . Plot
Jun 9, 2015 · The Pillow Book. Ewan McGregor (Actor), Vivian Wu (Actor), Peter Greenaway (Director) Rated: NR. Format: DVD. 4.3 260 ratings. Amazon's Choice. $3499. Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime. FREE Returns.
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The Pillow Book. Vivian Wu (Actor), Ewan McGregor (Actor), Peter Greenaway (Director, Writer) Rated: NR. Format: DVD. 4.3 256 ratings. IMDb 6.5/10.0. Blu-ray. from $36.00. DVD. $16.49. VHS Tape. $6.48. Playback Region 2 : This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda.
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The Pillow Book. Each year on her birthday, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) would become her father's canvas, as he painted the creation myth in elaborate calligraphy on her body. Years later, she continues the practice with a succession of lovers, including a bisexual translator (Ewan McGregor) who becomes her pawn in an escalating game of vengeance ...
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Jul 4, 1997 · He uses the screen as Nagiko uses flesh, finding an erotic charge not just in the words, but in the surface they are written on, His new film "The Pillow Book," starring Vivian Wu (from "The Last Emperor"), is a seductive and elegant story that combines a millennium of Japanese art and fetishes with the story of a neurotic modern woman who ...