The Pillow Book (1996) - film review

Drama / Romance

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The Pillow Book is a French-British romantic film drama first released in 1996, directed by Peter Greenaway. The film stars Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida and Ewan McGregor. It has also been released under the title: The Pillow Book. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Peter Greenaway
Script: Sei Shonagon
Photo: Sacha Vierny
Cast: Vivian Wu (Nagiko), Yoshi Oida (The Publisher), Ken Ogata (The Father), Hideko Yoshida (The Aunt), 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), Chizuru Ohnishi (Young Nagiko), Shiho Takamatsu (Young Nagiko), Aki Ishimaru (Young Nagiko), Hisashi Hidaka (Calligrapher), Dehong Chen (Calligrapher), Ham-Chau Luong (Calligrapher), Akihiko Nishida (Calligrapher), Kentaro Matsuo (Calligrapher), Nguyen Duc Nhan (Calligrapher), Augusto Aristotle (Calligrapher), Roger To Thanh Hien (Calligrapher), Chris Bearne (Calligrapher), Ronald Guttman (Calligrapher), Wichert Dromkert (The Book of the Innocent), Martin Tukker (The Book of the Idiot), Wu Wei (The Book of Old Age), Tom Kane (The Book of the Exhibitionist), Kheim Lam (The Book of the Seducer), Daishi Hori (The Book of Youth), Kinya Tsuruyama (The Book of Secrets), Eiichi Tanaka (The Book of the Betrayer), Rick Waney (The Book of Silence), Masaru Matsuda (The Book of Birth and Beginnings), Wataru Murofushi (The Book of the Dead), Ryuke Azuma (Grandmother), Seitaro Koyama (Nephew), Tatsuya Kimura (Nephew), Yoshihiko Nagata (Husband’s Friend), Atsushi Miura (Husband’s Friend), Kazushi Ishimaru (Baby Nagiko), Hikari Abe (Nagiko’s Baby), Ai Kanafuji (Nagiko’s Friend), Yoshino Yoshioka (Nagiko’s Friend), Yuki Nou (Nagiko’s Friend), Masami Nishio (Nagiko’s Friend), Satomi Kimura (Nagiko’s Friend), Michiko Matsuo (Nagiko’s Friend), Kintaro Murayama (Nagiko’s Friend), Ann, Kaoru Ueda (Model), Ohko (Model), Junko Shinohara (Model), Yûko Nozawa (Model), Kiyomi Nomura (Model), Midori Hatsuda (Model), Miwa Hayashi (Model), Seizo H. Inoue (10th Century Man), Yoshihiro Kawai (10th Century Man), Munenari Takeshima (10th Century Man), Toshio Kimura (10th Century Man), Masakazu Takemura (10th Century Man), Hiroshi Nakajima (10th Century Man), Kageyoshi Shirakata (10th Century Man), Takashi Miyake (10th Century Man), Hiroko Uno (10th Century Woman), Yûko Shimomura (10th Century Woman), Kana Haraguchi (10th Century Woman), Yuri Inoue (10th Century Woman), Makiko Shoji (10th Century Woman), Miwako Namie (10th Century Woman), Atsuko Nakamura (10th Century Woman), Tokiko Horiike (10th Century Woman), Akiko Yokotani (10th Century Woman), Yasuyo Ogawa (10th Century Woman), Atsuko Yoshikawa (10th Century Woman), Mariko Ajimoto (10th Century Woman), Hiromi Tani (10th Century Woman), Fukue Kitaoka (10th Century Woman), Arnita Swanson (Edele), Jim Adhi Limas (Man in Lift), Miho Tanaka (Model Friend in Cafe Typo), Fabienne De Marco (Model Friend in Cafe Typo), Tania De Jaeger (Model Friend in Cafe Typo), Jinhua Lu (Wife of Calligrapher), Tien Sing Wang (Intruder), Chau, See Wah Leung (Intruder), Kha, Kumi Komino (Elderly Secretary), Yuki Hayashi (Young Female Secretary), Maskai Taketani (Young Male Secretary), Mr. Luo, Mrs. Luo, See Yan Leung (Bookshop Manager), François Van Den Bergen (Book of Seducer), Valerie Buchanan, Yorks Tong, Anna Chu, C.S. Wong, Michelle Nicholson (Model), Farini Cheung, Anita Leung Fui Shan, Tom Tom, Doris Lui Lai Fong, Sam, Shuen Ngar Lei, Chan Ben, Bobsy Jureidini, Andrew Chan, Vanessa Lanza, Chau Kwok Kwan, Ho Keung Kwong, Sammuel Leung, Jo Jo Hui, Louis Fu Yiu Shi, Paul Wan, Adrian Kwan Shun Fai, Leung Woo, Hui Pak Kin, Man Kit, Foon Wing Hong, Li Chun Man, Stephen C. Lam, Edelmer Christanse, Jimmy Lee Wai Chang, Terence Tsin Chung Tung, Mennan Yapo (Café Typo Manager)
Country: France / UK / Netherlands / Luxembourg
Language: English / Cantonese / Italian / Japanese / Mandarin / French
Runtime: 126 min; B&W
Aka: The Pillow Book

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