★ 8.2 2016 South Korea 145 min

The Handmaiden

Directed by Park Chan-wook

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.

Starring

Kim Min-heeKim Tae-riHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woongKim Hae-sookMoon So-riLee Yong-nyeoKwak Eun-jin

Screenplay — Park Chan-wook

Music — Jo Yeong-wook

Based on the novel by — Sarah Waters

Cinematography — Chung Chung-hoon

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