The Handmaiden
You're the one being tricked.
82%
2016
145 min
Released
ThrillerDramaRomance
82%(4471 votes)
Movie Info
Release Date
Jun 1, 2016
Runtime
145 min
Status
Released
Budget
$8,575,000
Revenue
$38,600,000
Production Companies
Moho FilmYong FilmCJ Entertainment
Overview
The story behind this cinematic experience
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.