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TMDb Rating
8.2/10

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The Handmaiden (2016)

ThrillerDramaRomance
145 min

"Never did they expect to get into a controversial relationship..."

Plot Summary

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, 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.

Director

Park Chan-wook

Top Cast

Kim Min-heeKim Tae-riHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woongKim Hae-sook

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