The Handmaiden (2016)2h25
Thriller · Drama · Romance
Director Park Chan-wook (7.4 avg)
Also directed Oldboy, Stoker, Lady Vengeance, and 19 more
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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Cast
Kim Min-hee
Kim Tae-ri
Ha Jung-woo
Cho Jin-woong
Kim Hae-sook
Moon So-ri
Lee Yong-nyeo
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