6.6
Playing by Heart
1998
The Pillow Book (1995)
September 1, 19952h 6mEN
6.4
183 votes
Overview
Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.
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Peter GreenawayWriters
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English
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Production Companies
Kasander & Wigman ProductionsAlpha FilmsNederlands Fonds voor de FilmWoodline Films Ltd.Film4 Productions
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CinemaSerf
7.0Hmmm. The thing about films that showcase the male body quite this much is that after a while you start wondering why blokes with perfect physiques and faces always seem to have such an underwhelming payload down below! Anyway, the young "Nagiko" (Vivian Wu) recalls the memories from her childhood when her father used to paint some delicately elegant calligraphy on her face. These perfectly crafted characters - and some accompanying and wonderfully enigmatic stories, all emanated from the works of a lady-in-waiting at the 10th century Heian court in Japan. Subsequently, as an adult she is fasc…
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