Film
The Handmaiden
2016 · 2h 25m · Thriller · Drama · Romance
You're the one being tricked.
- IMDb
- 8.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96%
- Metacritic
- 85
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Overview
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.
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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
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
Kkeut-dan
Lee Dong-hwi
Goo-gai
Jo Eun-hyung
Young Hideko
Rina Takagi
Hideko's Mother
Han Ha-na
Junko
Lee Kyu-jung
Maid 1
Kim See-eun
Maid 2
Ha Si-yeon
Maid 3
Kim Eun-yeong
Maid 4
Crew
- Park Chan-wookWriter · Director · Executive Producer
- Chung Seo-kyungWriter
- Sarah WatersNovel
- Syd LimProducer
- Miky LeeExecutive Producer
- Chung Chung-hoonDirector of Photography
- Jo Yeong-wookOriginal Music Composer
- Kim Sang-bumEditor
- Kim Jae-beomEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 1, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $8,575,000
- Revenue
- $38,600,000
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Romance
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