MOVIE

The Handmaiden

Name: The Handmaiden
Director: Park Chan-wook
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-06-01
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 8.176
Cast: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook

2016 · 145 min

Directed by Park Chan-wook

★ 8.24,462 ratings

ThrillerDramaRomance

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Overview

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, 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.