Sep 01, 1995
126 min
Full-HD

The Pillow Book (1995)

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

Category

Drama Romance

Country

France Luxembourg United Kingdom

Companies

Kasander & Wigman Productions Alpha Films Nederlands Fonds voor de Film Woodline Films Ltd. Film4 Productions

Vivian Wu

Nagiko

Yoshi Oida

The Publisher

Ken Ogata

The Father

Hideko Yoshida

The Aunt / The Maid

Ewan McGregor

Jerome

Yutaka Honda

Hoki

Judy Ongg

The Mother

Ken Mitsuishi

The Husband

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