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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
- $2.4 million (US/Canada)
- Peter Greenaway
- Kees Kasander
- Brian Eno
Currently you are able to watch "The Pillow Book" streaming on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus. It is also possible to buy "The Pillow Book" on Microsoft Store, Apple TV, Vudu, Google Play Movies, YouTube as download or rent it on Vudu, Microsoft Store, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube online.
- (71)
- Nagiko; The Publisher; The Father
- NC-17
- 1995
A Japanese model (Vivian Wu) who likes lovers to adorn her body with calligraphy falls for an erotic Englishman (Ewan McGregor).
- (625)
- Vivian Wu
- Peter Greenaway
- Delux Productions
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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 ...
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 carnal pleasure with her admiration for poetry and calligraphy. The roots of this obsession lie in her youth in Kyoto, when her father (Ken Ogata) would write characters of good fortune on her face.
