The Pillow Book
6.4(189) 1995-09-01 126 minDramaRomance
Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.
DirectorPeter Greenaway
WriterSei Shonagon
WriterPeter Greenaway
ProducerKees Kasander
Original Music ComposerBrian Eno
Cast & characters
Vivian Wu
as Nagiko
Yoshi Oida
as The Publisher
Ken Ogata
as The Father
Hideko Yoshida
as The Aunt / The Maid
Ewan McGregor
as Jerome
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Yutaka Honda
as Hoki
Judy Ongg
as The Mother
Ken Mitsuishi
as The Husband
Barbara Lott
as Jerome's Mother
Lynne Langdon
as Jerome's sister
Ronald Guttman
as Calligrapher
Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
as —
Adrian Kwan
as —
