The Handmaiden (아가씨)

Release Date:	2016-06-01
Runtime:	145 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Thriller, Drama, Romance
Production:	Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment

Overview

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 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.