The Handmaiden (2016)

Name: The Handmaiden
Director: Park Chan-wook
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Released: 2016
Duration: 145 min

18 Thriller, Drama, Romance - 2h 25m

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Original Title: 아가씨

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.

Park Chan-wook

Director

Chung Chung-hoon

Cinematographer