The Handmaiden
2016 · TMDB 8.2 · 아가씨
Directed by Park Chan-wook
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.
Why it matters
In 1930s Korea, a pickpocket is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but a web of deception, desire, and revenge unfolds as the two women fall for each other.
From Fractured Fables
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Released
- 2016-06-01
- Studio
- Moho Film
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 8.2
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Fractured Fables
Position 8 of 8
In 1930s Korea, a pickpocket is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but a web of deception, desire, and revenge unfolds as the two women fall for each other.
The Many Faces We Wear
Position 7 of 7
A Korean con man and a pickpocket posing as a handmaiden scheme to defraud a Japanese heiress, but their carefully crafted roles begin to unravel.
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