The Handmaiden 2016
144minutes
168minutesextended version
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Taiwan
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Hong Kong
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Original Title
아가씨
Hong Kong Title
The Handmaiden
Plot Synopsis
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as 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 elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until SooKee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
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