Synopsis:As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, and her sexual odyssey (and the creation of her own Pillow Book) is a "parfait mélange" of classical Japanese, modern Chinese, and Western film images.
Cast:
Vivian Wu .... Nagiko
Yoshi Oida .... The Publisher
Ken Ogata .... The Father
Hideko Yoshida .... The Aunt/The Maid
Ewan McGregor .... Jerome
Judy Ongg .... The Mother
Ken Mitsuishi .... The Husband
Yutaka Honda .... Hoki
Barbara Lott .... Jerome's Mother
Miwako Kawai .... Young Nagiko
Lynne Langdon .... Jerome's sister (as Lynne Frances Wachendorfer)
Chizuru Ohnishi .... Young Nagiko
Shiho Takamatsu .... Young Nagiko
Aki Ishimaru .... Young Nagiko
Hisashi Hidaka .... Calligrapher
Rating: Rated NC-17 for nudity and sexual content.
Runtime: 126 min
Director:Peter Greenaway
Genre:Drama
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