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The Handmaiden

Original title: 아가씨

You're the one being tricked.

2016 · R · 2h 25m

Directed by Park Chan-wook

8.2

TMDB audience score
4,580 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Kim Min-hee
    Lady Hideko

  • Kim Tae-ri
    Sook-hee

  • Ha Jung-woo
    Count Fujiwara

  • Cho Jin-woong
    Uncle Kouzuki

  • Kim Hae-sook
    Ms. Sasaki

  • Moon So-ri
    Hideko's Aunt

  • Lee Yong-nyeo
    Bok-soon

  • Kwak Eun-jin
    Kkeut-dan

  • Lee Dong-hwi
    Goo-gai

  • Jo Eun-hyung
    Young Hideko

  • Rina Takagi
    Hideko's Mother

  • Han Ha-na
    Junko

  • Lee Kyu-jung
    Maid 1

  • Kim See-eun
    Maid 2

  • Ha Si-yeon
    Maid 3

  • Kim Eun-yeong
    Maid 4

  • Jeong Ha-dam
    Maid 5

  • Yoo Min-chae
    Ggeut-dan