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The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden

2016โ€ข145 min.โ€ข

South Korea

โ˜…8.2(4074)

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 steal her fortune.
  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • Romance

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