---
title: 'The Handmaiden (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Park Chan-wook'
released: '2016-05-14'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-handmaiden-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016934/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Handmaiden (2016)

2016 · 145 min · Drama, Romance · South Korea

Original title: 아가씨

## 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook)
- **Screenplay:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook), [Jeong Seo-kyeong](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeong-seo-kyeong)
- **Producer:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook), [Lim Seung-yong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lim-seung-yong)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jo Yeong-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-yeong-wook)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chung Chung-Hoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/chung-chung-hoon)
- **Editor:** [Kim Sang-bum](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-sang-bum), [Kim Jae-beom](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-jae-beom)

## Cast

- [Moon So-ri](https://cinepixo.com/people/moon-so-ri)
- [Kim Hae-suk](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-hae-suk)
- [Kim Min-hee](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-min-hee) as Izumi Hideko
- [Kim Tae-ri](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-ri) as Nam Sook-hee
- [Cho Jin-woong](https://cinepixo.com/people/cho-jin-woong)
- [Ha Jung-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ha-jung-woo)

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Official site: http://www.handmaidenmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-handmaiden-2016
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