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The Handmaiden

2016 • 2h25m Thriller, Drama, Romance

Rating

8.2/10

Popularity

9

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.

Details

Director

Park Chan-wook

Screenplay

Park Chan-wook

Chung Seo-kyung

Cast

Kim Min-hee

Kim Tae-ri

Ha Jung-woo

Release date

6/1/2016

Status

Released

Budget

$8,575,000

Revenue

$38,600,000

Origin country

KR

Vote count

4102