Shōgun Episode 6 “Ladies of the Willow World” takes one of the most exquisitely erotic moments of the book — when Mariko (Anna Sawai) accompanies Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) to visit ...

Anna Morcom’s book opens with a portrait of Kamal Amrohi’s Pakeezah, one of Indian cinema’s best known courtesans. Sahib Jan, played by Meena Kumari, falls in love with a nobleman and tries ...