The Handmaiden (2016)

06/01/2016 (KR) • 2h 25m

Thriller, Drama, Romance

Never did they expect to get into a controversial relationship...

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kim Min-hee

Lady Hideko

Kim Tae-ri

Sook-hee

Ha Jung-woo

Count Fujiwara

Cho Jin-woong

Uncle Kouzuki

Kim Hae-sook

Ms. Sasaki

Moon So-ri

Hideko's Aunt

Kwak Eun-jin

Kkeut-dan


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$8,575,000.00

Revenue

$38,600,000.00

Keywords

jealousy

based on novel or book

library

pickpocket

con man

swindler

lesbian relationship

mansion

lust

lgbt

noblewoman

shocking

erotic thriller

con woman

1930s

lady's maid

handmade

seducer

japanese occupation of korea

lesbian

girls' love (gl)

amused

excited

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