The Handmaiden
8.2/10
Rating
145 min
Runtime
2016
Release Year
Park Chan-wook
Director
Cast
Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook
Quick Synopsis
Set in 1930s Korea during the Japanese occupation, the story follows Sookee, a young woman hired as a handmaiden to Hideko, a Japanese heiress living a reclusive life on her uncle Kouzuki's large countryside estate. Unbeknownst to Hideko, Sookee is actually a skilled pickpocket working with a conman who pretends to be a Japanese Count. Their plan is for Sookee to assist the conman in gaining Hideko's trust and affection so they can steal her inheritance.
Detailed Synopsis of The Handmaiden
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.
