Thriller ·Drama ·Romance · South Korea · 2016 · 2h 25m

The Handmaiden

아가씨

The Handmaiden poster
Director
Park Chan-wook
Cast
Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee Ha Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara Cho Jin-woong as Uncle Kouzuki Kim Hae-sook as Ms. Sasaki Moon So-ri as Hideko's Aunt
Crew
Chung Chung-hoon — Director of Photography Kim Sang-bum — Editor Kim Jae-beom — Editor Cho Young-wuk — Original Music Composer Park Chan-wook — Writer Chung Seo-kyung — Writer
Tagline

You're the one being tricked.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Handmaiden — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
jealousybased on novel or booklibrarypickpocketeroticismcon manswindlerlesbian relationshipmansionlustlgbtnoblewoman
Key Collaborators
Park Chan-wook Director Chung Chung-hoon Director of Photography Kim Sang-bum Editor Kim Jae-beom Editor Cho Young-wuk Original Music Composer Park Chan-wook Writer Chung Seo-kyung Writer Sarah Waters Novel Syd Lim Producer Ryu Seong-hie Production Design Cho Sang-kyung Costume Design
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