Special
Korean Film Days 2019

The Handmaiden

Original version with German subtitles
Poster
Ah-ga-ssi Poster (Source: themoviedb.org)
Director
Park Chan-wook
Cast
Kim Min-hee (Lady Hideko), Kim Tae-ri (Sookee), Ha Jung-woo (Count Fujiwara), Cho Jin-woong (Uncle Kouzuki), Kim Hae-sook (Ms. Sasaki), Moon So-ri (Aunt of Noble Lady), Lee Yong-nyeo (Bok-soon), Lee Dong-hwi (Goo-gai), Jo Eun-hyung (Young Hideko)
Plot Outline

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

Genre
Thriller, Drama, Romance
Runtime
145 minutes
Production country
KR
Released
2016
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