The Handmaiden(2016)

🎬145 min
📅2016-06-01
🎭Thriller, Drama, Romance
8.2/10

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 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.

Production

Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment

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Cast

Kim Min-hee
as Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
as Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
as Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
as Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
as Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
as Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
as Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
as Kkeut-dan
Lee Dong-hwi
as Goo-gai
Jo Eun-hyung
as Young Hideko