The Pillow Book (film)

The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Greenaway
Written by	Peter Greenaway
Produced by	Kees Kasander
Starring	Vivian Wu; Ewan McGregor; Ken Ogata; Yoshi Oida; Hideko Yoshida; Judy Ongg;
Cinematography	Sacha Vierny
Edited by	Peter Greenaway; Chris Wyatt;
Music by	Brian Eno
Production; companies	Alpha Films; Channel 4 Films; Delux Productions; Kasander & Wigman Productions; Le Studio Canal+; Woodline Films;
Distributed by	Independent Films (Netherlands); FilmFour distributors (United Kingdom); Pyramide Distribution (France)
Release dates	12 May 1996 (Cannes); 8 November 1996 (UK); 15 January 1997 (France); 20 October 1997 (Netherlands);
Running time	126 minutes
Countries	Netherlands; United Kingdom; France; Luxembourg;
Languages	English; Cantonese; Italian; Japanese; Mandarin; French;
Box office	$2.4 million (US/Canada)

The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama 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.