The Pillow Book
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Greenaway
Ewan Mcgregor
Yoshi Oida
Ken Ogata
Judie Ongg
Hideko Yoshida
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in contemporary Japan and Hong Kong, a successful model revives memories of her calligrapher father by having her lovers give her pleasure by writing on her body. An affair with an Englishman leads her to start writing herself, using others as her paper.
Director
Peter Greenaway
Cast
Ewan Mcgregor
Yoshi Oida
Ken Ogata
Judie Ongg
Hideko Yoshida
Yutaka Honda
Ken Mitsuishi
Barbara Lott
Farini Chang
Vivian Wu
Crew
Abi Cohen
Debby Dejong
Manu Demoulling
Rob Duiker
Brian Eno
Bob Feltgen
Cathy Folmer
Chrystopher Fryman
Misako Furukawa
Terry Glinwood
Agathe Grau
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Marc Guillaumot
Koichi Hamamura
Lijntje Helweg
Kazumari Hirasawa
Masako Ishigaki
Elmer Jacobs
Mariella Kallenberg
Lidewij Kapteijn
Kees Kasander
Nakanishi Kenji
Nico Komen
Weijke Koopmans
Eliza Liu
Jessinta Liu
Jessinta Liu
Willemijn Lofvers
Tjalko Lokhorst
Yuriko Mameshiro
Garth Marshall
Charles Mcdonald
Sara Meerman
Elsemieke Meijer
Yumiko Miwa
Dirk Nijland
Dirk Nijland
Fiona Nottingham
Carrie O'brien
Raphael O'byrne
Hiroto Onogi
David Peters
Jean-louis Piel
Maarten Piersma
Eliza Poklewski Koziell
Andree Putman
Leora Reich
Vincent River
Martin Sakkers
Sei Shonagon
Julian Slater
Benito Strangio
Koji Tatsuno
Carlo Thiel
Benny Tse
Claudia Valentijn
Reinier Van Brummelen
Dione Van De Hoeven
Wilbert Van Dorp
Dory Van Noort
Dien Van Straalen
Raike Verhoeven
Sacha Vierny
Sacha Vierny
Floris Vos
Emi Wada
Lucy Wei
Denis Wigman
Aimi Wong
Chris Wyatt
Susanna Wyatt
Volker Zeigermann
Ben Zuydwijk
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Golden Space Needle for Best Director at the 1997 Seattle Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States June 6, 1997
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States on Video February 3, 1998
Released in United States Summer June 6, 1997
Named Best Film of the 1996 Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film.
Shown at Drambuie Edinburgh Film Festival August 11-25, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 8, 1997.
Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film in Spain, October 4-10, 1996.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.
Began shooting January 16, 1995.
Completed shooting March 29, 1995.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.)
Released in United States 1996 (Named Best Film of the 1996 Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 8, 1997.)
Released in United States on Video February 3, 1998
Limited Release in United States June 6, 1997
Released in United States Summer June 6, 1997
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown at Drambuie Edinburgh Film Festival August 11-25, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film in Spain, October 4-10, 1996.)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.)
