The Handmaiden
“You're the one being tricked.”
Director
Park Chan-wook
Screenplay / Story
Park Chan-wook
Music Composer
Cho Young-wuk
Cinematography
Chung Chung-hoon
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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Production Budget
$8,575,000
Worldwide Box Office
$38,600,000
Original Language
KO
Production Country
South Korea
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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Top 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
