The Handmaiden
2016 · Movie · R · 145 min · ★ 8.2 · 91% critics
In 1930s Korea under Japanese occupation, a new handmaiden is hired to serve a secluded Japanese heiress at a sprawling countryside estate. But the maid has a hidden agenda, recruited by a swindler posing as a count to help him seduce the lady and steal her fortune.
Based on Fingersmith
Also known as Lady · Fingersmith
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Details
- Original title
- 아가씨
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-06-01
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 (4,335 votes)
- Box office
- $37,767,206
About
You’ll likely enjoy this sleek con thriller with suspenseful plotting and a luxurious, high-drama atmosphere; Not for you if you dislike long, twist-heavy stories or explicit sexual content, and if you want something closer to Decision to Leave or Oldboy.
Pros: visually stunning historical setting; gripping suspense; bold erotic thriller | Cons: can feel long; heavy on sex scenes; some find twists predictable
Themes
- jealousy
- based on novel or book
- library
- pickpocket
- eroticism
- con man
- swindler
- lesbian relationship
- mansion
- lust
- lgbt
- noblewoman
- +13 more
Awards & recognition
- CST Award of the Technical Artist
Cast & crew
Kim Min-hee
as Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
as Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
as Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
as Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
as Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
as Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
as Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
as Kkeut-dan
Lee Dong-hwi
as Goo-gai
Jo Eun-hyung
as Young Hideko
Directed by Park Chan-wook