The Handmaiden (2016)

Directed by Park Chan-wook

The Handmaiden movie poster

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.

Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance

Language: ko

Production

Cinematographer: Chung Chung-hoon · Composer: Jo Yeong-wook · Editors: Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom · Production Design: Ryu Seong-hie

Production: Moho Film

Budget: $8.6M

4 screenings currently listed

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