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The Pillow Book

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Release Date: Monday, 09 May 2011
Country of Release: United Kingdom
MSRP: £9.99

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Directed by: Peter Greenaway

Featuring: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida, Ewan McGregor

The Pillow Book is a sensual tale of passion, obsession and revenge. Directed by Peter Greenaway and starring Ewan McGregor and Vivian Wu, this is an irresistible arthouse drama about a young woman in search of a lover, who can match her desire for pleasure with her admiration for poetry and calligraphy. After finalising her own erotic diary ('Pillow Book'), which is firmly rejected from the publisher, Nagiko encounters a man who challenges her to write on his naked body. He will then bring her stories back to the publisher. But their plan works all too well...

Year: 1996
Time: 126 min.