Movie · 2016

The Handmaiden

Name: The Handmaiden
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-06-01
Rating: 8.2

★ 8.2 · Thriller · Drama · Romance · KO

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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A confidence scheme inside a wealthy household is retold through changing perspectives, causing intimacy, deception, class, and colonial power to look different each time. Because repetition is structural, an over-detailed synopsis can damage the experience before it begins.

Story: an intricate adult romantic thriller. Commitment: a long, concentrated feature. Edition: verify the 2016 Korean movie, director, running time, cut, subtitle track, original audio, content guidance, aspect ratio, and provider conditions.

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