Film details · 2016

The Handmaiden (2016)

2h 25m · Thriller / Drama / Romance · TMDB 8.2/10

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.

Release year

2016 movies

Runtime

2h 25m

Genres

ThrillerDramaRomance

Director

Park Chan-wook

Cast

Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook

Rating

8.2/10 from TMDB