The Handmaiden
2016 • Thriller | Drama
8.186 (4,350)
Park Chan-wook
Director
Park Chan-wook
Writer
Chung Seo-kyung
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
June 1, 2016
Duration
145 Min
Language
ko
Popularity
17.4256
Budget
$8,575,000
Revenue
$38,600,000
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.
