The Pillow Book (1995)
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 66%
(RT: 67%, MC: 64) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Yoshi Oida as The Publisher
Ken Ogata as The Father
Hideko Yoshida as The Aunt / The Maid
Yutaka Honda as Hoki
Judy Ongg as The Mother
Is The Pillow Book good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 191 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 66%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
