The Pillow Book (1996)

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Genre

drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 187 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese model in Hong Kong pursues lovers who will write on her skin. She seeks a new lover to help her tell a story of revenge and desire.

eroticsensualvisually lushcontemplativecerebralmelancholicplayfulexperimental

What happens

The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama art 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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