The Handmaiden (2016)

You're the one being tricked.

• Thriller
• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

8.2 / 10 (4,564 votes)

Release date

June 1, 2016

Runtime

2h 25m

Language

Korean

Director

Park Chan-wook

Status

Released