Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Age rating
- NC-17
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Netherlands
The story
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.
- adultery
- tokyo
- japan
- based on memoir or autobiography
- calligraphy
- complex
- gay theme
- erotic romance
- intense
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ewan McGregor — Jerome
- Yutaka Honda — Hoki
- Judy Ongg — The Mother
- Ken Mitsuishi — The Husband
- Barbara Lott — Jerome's Mother
- Lynne Langdon — Jerome's sister
- Ronald Guttman — Calligrapher
- Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
- Adrian Kwan
- Directed
- Peter Greenaway
- Written
- Sei Shonagon, Peter Greenaway
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 189 ratings
- Studio
- Kasander & Wigman Productions, Alpha Films, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Woodline Films Ltd., Film4 Productions
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