The Handmaiden

Directed by

Park Chan-wook

Starring

Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

R

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.