The Handmaiden (2016)
Rating: 8.2/10
Duration: 145 min
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Director(s): Park Chan-wook,
Description:
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 elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Cast
- Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee
- Lee Dong-hwi as Goo-gai
- Cho Jin-woong as Uncle Kouzuki
- Lee Yong-nyeo as Bok-soon
- Ha Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara
- Moon So-ri as Hideko's Aunt
- Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko
- Kim Hae-sook as Ms. Sasaki
- Kwak Eun-jin as Kkeut-dan
- Jo Eun-hyung as Young Hideko
- Rina Takagi as Hideko's Mother
- Han Ha-na as Junko
- Lee Kyu-jung as Maid 1
- Kim See-eun as Maid 2
- Ha Si-yeon as Maid 3