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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 .
The Pillow Book. Rent The Pillow Book on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. The Pillow Book is undeniably sensual and visually ravishing, but the film's narrative lacks the hypnotic ...
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- Vivian Wu
- Peter Greenaway
- Delux Productions
The Pillow Book is 3287 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 1129 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Things Behind the Sun but less popular than American Cousins.
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- Peter Greenaway
- NC-17
- Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
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The film's title, "The Pillow Book", refers to an ancient Japanese diary, the book of observations by Sei Shnagon, actual name believed to be Kiyohara Nagiko, from whence the protagonist's name in the film. The film is narrated by Nagiko (Vivian Wu), a Japanese born model living in Hong Kong. Nagiko seeks a lover who can match her desire for ...
He likes to build up his images in layers, combining film and video, live action and paintings, spoken narration and visual texts. He shoots in color, b&w, and subtle tints. Here he tells a lurid story of sexuality, fetishism and betrayal, in an elegant and many-faceted way. The story itself is simple.