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The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden

Erotic, Thriller | Korean | 120 minutes

Company

CJ ENM


Cast & Crew

Director

Chan-wook Park

Cast

Jung-Woo Ha, Min-Hee Kim, Tae-Ri Kim


Trailer

youtu.be/NoyWKl0e8FI?si=Jft3wUFiWooqk38T


Synopsis

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 an a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler who poses as a Japanese Count are scheming to get the Lady engaged, rob her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. All proceeds according to plan until Sookee starts to truly understand Hideko.


Completion Year

2016


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