The Handmaiden

About The Handmaiden

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.

The Handmaiden is a 2016 romance thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. The film is filed under shocking, lesbian, lesbian relationship, and eroticism.

Kim Min-hee stars as Lady Hideko, Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee, Ha Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara, and Cho Jin-woong as Uncle Kouzuki. At 145 minutes long, it arrived in June 2016.

The screenplay is by Chung Seo-kyung and Park Chan-wook. It comes from CJ Entertainment, Moho Film, and Yong Film. The story is adapted from a novel. It streams on Amazon Prime Video in the United States.

On Swift Horses, Eyes Wide Shut, and Blue Is the Warmest Color make useful companions to The Handmaiden, all filed under LGBT and melodramatic. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 4,583 votes and it carries a R rating.