The Handmaiden

2016 145 min Thriller, Drama, Romance

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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IMDb 8.1 RT 96 Metacritic 85

budget $8,575,000 earnings $38,600,000 return 4.5x

director Park Chan-wook

writers Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung

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