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The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden

You're the one being tricked.

20168.22h 25m

Overview

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung, Sarah Waters
Produced by Syd Lim
Box OfficeBudget: $8.6MRevenue: $38.6M

Top Cast

Kim Min-hee

Kim Min-hee

Lady Hideko

Kim Tae-ri

Kim Tae-ri

Sook-hee

Ha Jung-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Count Fujiwara

Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong

Uncle Kouzuki

Kim Hae-sook

Kim Hae-sook

Ms. Sasaki

Moon So-ri

Moon So-ri

Hideko's Aunt

Lee Yong-nyeo

Lee Yong-nyeo

Bok-soon

Kwak Eun-jin

Kwak Eun-jin

Kkeut-dan

Lee Dong-hwi

Lee Dong-hwi

Goo-gai

Jo Eun-hyung

Jo Eun-hyung

Young Hideko

Themes & Keywords

jealousybased on novel or booklibrarypickpocketeroticismcon manswindlerlesbian relationshipmansionlustlgbtnoblewomanerotic thrillernervouscon woman1930slady's maidhandmadeseducerjapanese occupation of korealesbiangirls' love (gl)dramatic

About The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden is a thriller, drama, romance film released in 2016 exploring themes of jealousy, based on novel or book, library, pickpocket, eroticism, con man. Directed by Park Chan-wook, it stars Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo. 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

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