The Handmaiden

South Korea, 2016

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1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle, but she’s involved in something greater that will soon be revealed.

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Credits

director

Park Chan-wook

co-producer

Jeong Tae-sung

Jeong Won-jo

costume design

Cho Sang-kyung

producer

Syd Lim

production company

Amazon Studios

CJ Entertainment

Moho Film

Yong Film

production design

Ryu Seong-hie

writer

Chung Seo-kyung

Park Chan-wook

Duration

02:25:00

Production places
South Korea
Production dates
2016

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-290098

Language

Korean

Subject categories

Drama

Romance

Thriller

TMDB-Movie

290098

Wikidata

Q20444585

Collected

141 times

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