SOUTH KOREA · 2016

The Handmaiden

Park Chan-wook
Korean New Wave deception and con artistry forbidden romance colonial occupation class and servitude psychological manipulation
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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.

Year2016
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorPark Chan-wook
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