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The Handmaiden

아가씨 · 2016 | 145 min | Drama · Romance

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Synopsis

The Handmaiden is a 2016 South Korean erotic historical psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Park Chan-Wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese rule, where a Korean girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate.

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Credits

Producer
Park Chan-wook, Lim Seung-yong
Director
Park Chan-wook
Screenplay
Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong
Director of Photography
Chung Chung-Hoon
Original Music Composer
Jo Yeong-wook
Editor
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom

Box office · USD, worldwide

Revenue
$31.8M

Cast · 6

Moon So-ri

Moon So-ri

Kim Hae-suk

Kim Hae-suk

Kim Min-hee

Kim Min-hee

Izumi Hideko

Kim Tae-ri

Kim Tae-ri

Nam Sook-hee

Cho Jin-woong

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