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Movie

The Pillow Book

1997·2h 6m·Not Rated
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 6.5/10
14,240 votes
Metascore
64
Metacritic

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

The Pillow Book is a 1997 drama movie directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Ken Ogata, Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.5/10 from 14,240 votes and runs 2h 6m.

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Director
Peter Greenaway
Stars
Ken Ogata
Vivian Wu
Ewan McGregor
Yoshi Oida
Details
1997-06-06
126 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
★ English, Cantonese, French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin
Keywords
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