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The Pillow Book

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Director

Peter Greenaway

Year

Genre

Box Office

$2,372,744

Production

N/A

Awards

5 wins & 3 nominations

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Nagiko

The Publisher

The Father

The Aunt

Jerome

The Mother

The Husband

Hoki

Jerome's Mother

Young Nagiko

Jerome's sister

Young Nagiko

Chizuru Ohnishi

Young Nagiko

Shiho Takamatsu

Young Nagiko

Calligrapher

Calligrapher

Calligrapher

Calligrapher

Akihiro Nishida

Calligrapher

Calligrapher

Nguyen Duc Nhan

Calligrapher

Augusto Aristotle

Calligrapher

Roger To Thanh Hien

Calligrapher

Calligrapher

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Wichert Dromkert

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The Book of the Exhibitionist

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Kinya Tsuruyama

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Wataru Murofushi

Grandmother

Nephew

Nephew

Husband's Friend

Yoshihiko Nagata

Husband's Friend

Baby Nagiko

Kazushi Ishimaru

Nagiko's Baby

Nagiko's Friend

Nagiko's Friend

Yoshino Yoshioka

Nagiko's Friend

Nagiko's Friend

Nagiko's Friend

Nagiko's Friend

Nagiko's Friend

Kintaro Murayama

Model

Model

Junko Shinohara

Model

Model

Model

Model

10th Century Man

10th Century Man

Yoshihiro Kawai

10th Century Man

Munenari Takeshima

10th Century Man

10th Century Man

Masakazu Takemura

10th Century Man

Hiroshi Nakajima

10th Century Man

Kageyoshi Shirakata

10th Century Man

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

Yûko Shimomura

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

Atsuko Nakamura

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

Atsuko Yoshikawa

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

10th Century Woman

Edele

Man in Lift

Model Friend in Cafe Typo

Model Friend in Cafe Typo

Fabienne De Marco

Model Friend in Cafe Typo

Tania De Jaeger

Wife of Calligrapher

Intruder

Intruder

Elderly Secretary

Young Female Secretary

Young Male Secretary

Maskai Taketani

Bookshop Manager

Book of Seducer

François Van Den Bergen

(as Valerie Buchanon)

Valerie Buchanan

Model

Michelle Nicholson

(as Farini Chang)

Anita Leung Fui Shan

Doris Lui Lai Fong

Bobsy Jureidini

Louis Fu Yiu Shi

(as Adrian Kwan Shun Fai)

(as Tony Wong Man Kit)

Edelmer Christanse

Jimmy Wai-Chang Lee

Terence Tsin Chung Tung

Café Typo Manager

Model

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The Aunt Nagiko Jerome

I enjoyed the smell of paper of all kinds - The Pillow Book

I enjoyed the smell of paper of all kinds

I need writing - The Pillow Book

How can I get pleasure writing on you - The Pillow Book

How can I get pleasure writing on you

This is where I begin to do the writing - The Pillow Book

This is where I begin to do the writing

His writing in so many languages - The Pillow Book

His writing in so many languages

I could learn new languages - The Pillow Book

I could learn new languages

And when god approved of his creation - The Pillow Book

And when god approved of his creation

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A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Peter Greenaway

Writer: Sei Shonagon, Peter Greenaway

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 1996

MetaScore: 64/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: $2,372,744

Released: 06 Jun 1997

Awards: 5 wins & 3 nominations

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