The Pillow Book

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

Release Date

September 1, 1995

Runtime

126 min

Rating

NC-17

Genres

Drama , Romance

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Written by

Sei Shonagon, Peter Greenaway

Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Status

Released

Cast

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Vivian Wu

Yoshi Oida

Ken Ogata

Hideko Yoshida

Ewan McGregor

Judy Ongg

Ken Mitsuishi

Barbara Lott

Ronald Guttman

Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon

Images

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Videos

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Mark Kermode reviews The Pillow Book (1996) | BFI Player

The Pillow Book (1996) trailer

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Cast12 cast members

Vivian Wu

Yoshi Oida

Ken Ogata

Hideko Yoshida

Ewan McGregor

Yutaka Honda

Judy Ongg

Ken Mitsuishi

Barbara Lott

Lynne Langdon

Ronald Guttman

Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon

Crew35 crew members

Chris Wyatt

Editor

Peter Greenaway

Director, Writer, Editor

Sei Shonagon

Writer

Sacha Vierny

Director of Photography

Kees Kasander

Aimi O

Kôichi Hamamura

Carrie O'Brien

Abi Cohen

Hitomi Ishihara

Liora Reich

Wilbert Van Dorp

Hiroto Oonogi

Otto Snel

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Koji Tatsuno

Costume Design

Shoko Ishigaki

Makeup Artist

Cliff Jones

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Willemijn Loivers

Andrée Putman

Sara Meerman

Vivian Nowak

Noriko Sato

Martin Margiela

Dien van Straalen

Cathy Folmer

Noriyuki Tanaka

Seiji Arai

Kyôko Toyokawa

Julian Slater

Brian Eno

Original Music Composer

Denis Wigman

Jean-Louis Piel

Tom Reeve

Terry Glinwood

Ben Zuydwijk

Posters4 images

Featurettes1 video

Mark Kermode reviews The Pillow Book (1996) | BFI Player

Trailers1 video