THE HANDMAIDEN

Original title: THE HANDMAIDEN
Country of origin: South Korea
Year of manufacture: 2016
Gender: Drama, Romance
Cast: Min-Hee Kim, Tae-Ri Kim, Jung-Woo Ha Jin-Woong Jo, Hae-Suk Kim
Direction: Park Chan Wook
Duration: 144 min
Parental rating: 18 years
Distributor: Mares Filmes
Synopsis: South Korea, 1930s. During the Japanese occupation, young Sookee (Kim Tae-ri) is hired to work for a Japanese heiress, Hideko (Kim Min-Hee), who leads an isolated life alongside her authoritarian uncle. But Sookee has a secret: she and a swindler plan to marry the heiress, steal her fortune and lock her up in a sanatorium. Everything goes well with the plan, until Sookee slowly begins to understand Hideko’s motivations.
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