An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome "The Pillow Book." But the tables are turned when she meets a bisexual English translator who wants to be her canvas instead. An assault on the senses in the best Greenaway tradition, featuring frames-within-frames, elaborate costuming and production design, painterly shot composition, and utterly frank scenes of nudity and violence.

DVD Features:

Region 1 Encoding
Interactive Menus
Theatrical Trailer
Scene Selections

Vivian Wu: Chinese-American Actress
Yoshi Oida: 
Ewan McGregor: Scottish, TRAINSPOTTING (1995)
Ken Ogata: Japanese actor, THE PILLOW BOOK/RAINBOW KIDS
Hideko Yoshida: 
Judy Ongg: 
Ken Mitsuishi: 
Yutaka Honda: 
Barbara Lott: 

Peter Greenaway: British Director/Screenwriter

Kees Kasander: Producer

Peter Greenaway: British Director/Screenwriter

Peter Greenaway: British Director/Screenwriter
Chris Wyatt: 

"...Breathtaking...Erotic...Curiously moving..."
"...Enormously impressive....[A] uniquely bold and arresting depiction of exotic erotica..."
"...[An] eye-feast..."
"...It's a true erotic caprice..."
"...A richly sensual stylistic exercise filled with audaciously beautiful imagery....THE PILLOW BOOK has been stunningly photographed..."
"...A seductive and elegant story..."