The Handmaiden (2016)
Ratings:
8.2 (TMDb)
Released:
2016-06-01
Runtime:
2h 25m
Genres:
Thriller, Drama, Romance
Countries:
South Korea
Director:
Park Chan-wook
Actors:
Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kwak Eun-jin
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 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.