The Handmaiden · 2016 ·
“You're the one being tricked.”
Movie Details
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Released
2016-06-01
Runtime
145 min
Genre
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director
Park Chan-wook
Writer
Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung, Sarah Waters
Country
South Korea
Language
Japanese, Korean
Original Title
아가씨
Status
Released
Budget
$8,575,000
Revenue
$38,600,000
Production
Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment
Cast
Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kwak Eun-jin, Lee Dong-hwi, Jo Eun-hyung
Storyline
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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