Woman's Hour Drama - The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire - Episode 5

By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. Shonagon and Yukinari find themselves in a damp cellar of the Palace in the middle of the night, face to face with Lord Oshika - a young man of high ideals and convictions, and perhaps deadly intent. Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley Oshika ...... Nick Underwood Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach Emperor ...... Simon Ginty.