The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden

8.2IMDb Score
Released:2016-06-01
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Romance
Duration:145 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Park Chan-wook
Actors:Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook
Production:Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment

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.

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