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The Pillow Book

Director
Peter Greenaway
Year
1995
Runtime
2h 6m
Rated
NC-17
Release
1995
Language
en
Country
GB · LU · NL · FR

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.

  • #gay theme
  • #intense
  • #calligraphy
  • #complex
  • #based on memoir or autobiography
  • #erotic romance
  • #tokyo, japan
  • #adultery

  • Directed by

    Peter Greenaway

  • Written by

    Sei Shonagon & Peter Greenaway

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