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The Handmaiden

Never did they expect to get into a controversial relationship...

8.2 / 10

145 minutes

2016-06-01

Japanese

KR

Actors :

Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kwak Eun-jin, Lee Dong-hwi, Jo Eun-hyung, Rina Takagi, Han Ha-na, Lee Kyu-jung, Kim See-eun, Ha Si-yeon

Description

In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.

Reviews

Reno

Reno

5/16/2024, 3:18:36 PM

**In the circle of romance, deceive and defraud.** Those who are into the world cinema, particularly the Korean, knows Park Chan-wook very well. But if you don't, then you must. His films are definitely for the grown ups. Like everybody else, my admiration for his work has started a decade ago with the film 'Oldboy'. He had tried his luck in Hollywood with 'Stoker'. Despite a good entertainer, ...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/5/2023, 5:36:18 AM

Talk about the best laid plans! This is a cracking, sexy, thriller set in Korea during the Japanese occupation of the 1930s. It centres around the charming, butter-wouldn't-melt "Sook-Hee" (Tae Ri Kim) who takes a job attending the wealthy "Lady Hideko" (Kim Min-hee). She lives on a grand estate with her cantankerous uncle "Kouzuki" (Cho Jin-woong) and is frankly rather low maintenance for her new...