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The Handmaiden

Movie·2016·Thriller, Drama, Romance·2h 25m·8.2 (4,345)·Directed by Park Chan-wook

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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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Kim Min-heeKim Min-heeLady HidekoKim Tae-riKim Tae-riSook-heeHa Jung-wooHa Jung-wooCount FujiwaraCho Jin-woongCho Jin-woongUncle KouzukiKim Hae-sookKim Hae-sookMs. SasakiMoon So-riMoon So-riHideko's AuntLee Yong-nyeoLee Yong-nyeoBok-soonKwak Eun-jinKwak Eun-jinKkeut-dan

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