---
title: 'The Pillow Book (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Greenaway'
released: '1996-05-12'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'Luxembourg'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pillow-book-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114134/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pillow Book (1996)

1996 · 126 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Greenaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-greenaway)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Greenaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-greenaway)
- **Editor:** [Peter Greenaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-greenaway), [Chris Wyatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-wyatt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Eno](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-eno), [Joe Delia](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-delia)
- **Producer:** [Kees Kasander](https://cinepixo.com/people/kees-kasander)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sacha Vierny](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-vierny)

## Cast

- [Ewan McGregor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewan-mcgregor) as Jerome
- [Masaru Matsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-matsuda)
- [Mennan Yapo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mennan-yapo)
- [Barbara Lott](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-lott)
- [Ken Ogata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ogata) as the father
- [Vivian Wu](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivian-wu) as Nagiko
- [Ken Mitsuishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-mitsuishi)
- [Yoshi Oida](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-oida) as the publisher
- [Hideko Yoshida](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideko-yoshida)
- [Ronald Guttman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-guttman)
- [Elisabeth Ferrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-ferrier)
- [Judy Ongg](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-ongg)
- [Adrian Kwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-kwan)
- [Tatsuya Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-kimura)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pillow-book-1996
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