The Handmaiden
- Release Date
- June 1, 2016
- Director
- Chan-wook Park
- Cast
- Min-hie Kim , Tae Ri Kim , Jung-woo Ha , Jin-woong Jo , Hae-suk Kim , So-ri Moon
- Runtime
- 145
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- Amazon Studios
- Writers
- Sarah Waters , Seo-Gyeong Jeong , Chan-wook Park
- Tagline
- Never did they expect to get into a controversial relationship...
- Website
- http://www.handmaidenmovie.com/
Summary
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
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