The Handmaiden

Year: 2016

Actors: Tae-ri Kim, Min-hee Kim, Hae-suk Kim, Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Duration: 145 min

Korea, 1930s. Sook-Hee, a young Korean woman, goes to work as a handmaiden for Lady Hideko, a young Japanese woman who the heiress to a fortune. Sook-Hee's motives are rather nefarious - she, in league with the charming but unscrupulous Count Fujiwara, a con man, intend to defraud Lady Hideko of her fortune. However, Sook-Hee soon develops a fondness for Lady Hideko and this could potentially jeopardise the plan.—grantss

Genre: Action   Crime   Drama   Mystery   Romance   Thriller