Plot
As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, and her sexual odyssey (and the creation of her own Pillow Book) is a "parfait mélange" of classical Japanese, modern Chinese, and Western film images.
Written by
Sei Shonagon, Peter Greenaway
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Crew
Production Countries
Luxembourg, France, United Kingdom
Production Companies
Kasander & Wigman Productions, Alpha Films, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Woodline Films Ltd.
Languages
Italiano, Français, English
Awards
5 wins & 3 nominations total
Trailers
Scores
# of Votes
13,924
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA