The Handmaiden

Name: The Handmaiden
Released: 2016
Rating: 8.1

You're the one being tricked.

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ThrillerDramaRomanceSlow BurnFeel GoodDarkEmotional Depth

Why Watch

A Thriller, Drama pick with emotionally resonant storytelling, a patient, deliberate slow burn — Filmistani Score 85.

Synopsis

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.