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Vivian Wu
Nagiko
Yoshi Oida
The Publisher
Ken Ogata
The Father
Hideko Yoshida
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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
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Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
Adrian Kwan
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jan 26 2024
Hmmm. 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 fasci...
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