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The Handmaiden
2016 • 2h 25m • Thriller · Drama
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Rating
2h 25m
Runtime
Synopsis
About the Film
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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Credits
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Directed by
Park Chan-wook
Written by
Park Chan-wook
Writer
Chung Seo-kyung
Writer
Cast
Featured Performers
8 credited performers from TMDb.
Kim Min-hee
Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
Kkeut-dan