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📅 2016 ⏱️ 145 min ⭐ 8.2/10 👥 4,242 votes
🎭 Thriller, Drama, Romance

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, 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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Detailed Plot Summary

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, 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.

Director

Park Chan-wook

Main Cast

Kim Min-hee
Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
Ha Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
Cho Jin-woong as Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
Kim Hae-sook as Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
Moon So-ri as Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
Lee Yong-nyeo as Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
Kwak Eun-jin as Kkeut-dan
Lee Dong-hwi
Lee Dong-hwi as Goo-gai
Jo Eun-hyung
Jo Eun-hyung as Young Hideko
Rina Takagi
Rina Takagi as Hideko's Mother
Han Ha-na
Han Ha-na as Junko
Lee Kyu-jung
Lee Kyu-jung as Maid 1
Kim See-eun
Kim See-eun as Maid 2
Ha Si-yeon
Ha Si-yeon as Maid 3

Writers

Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung

Producers

Miky Lee, Syd Lim, Park Chan-wook

Production Information

Release Date: June 1, 2016
Budget: $8.6 million
Box Office: $38.6 million
Runtime: 145 minutes
Original Language: KO
Production Companies: Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment
Filming Locations: South Korea

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👤 Reno ⭐ 8/10
📅 August 10, 2017

**In the circle of romance, deceive and defraud.**

Those who are into the world cinema, particularly the Korean, knows Park Chan-wook very well. But if you don't, then you must. His films are definitely for the grown ups. Like everybody else, my admiration for his work has started a decade ago with the film 'Oldboy'. He had tried his luck in Hollywood with 'Stoker'. Despite a good entertainer, it was criticised. I love Park Chan-wook doing hundred masterpieces like this in Korea than trying t...

👤 CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10
📅 January 5, 2023

Talk about the best laid plans! This is a cracking, sexy, thriller set in Korea during the Japanese occupation of the 1930s. It centres around the charming, butter-wouldn't-melt "Sook-Hee" (Tae Ri Kim) who takes a job attending the wealthy "Lady Hideko" (Kim Min-hee). She lives on a grand estate with her cantankerous uncle "Kouzuki" (Cho Jin-woong) and is frankly rather low maintenance for her new maid. Pretty quickly, though, we begin to smell a rat! Is she what she seems, and what has the obvi...

👤 Alunauwie ⭐ 9/10
📅 September 23, 2025

The Handmaiden, adapted from Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, masterfully transposes the 19th-century London setting to 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, creating a rich and visually stunning historical backdrop. Told in three intricately woven chapters, the film unfolds with gripping suspense, emotional depth, and narrative twists that keep viewers fully engaged. With award-winning cinematography, meticulous artistic direction, and powerful performances—especially from debut actress Kim Tae Ri—The Handm...

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