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The Handmaiden

8.220162h 25m18MovieThrillerDramaRomance

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…

DirectorPark Chan-wook
WritersPark Chan-wook·Jeong Seo-kyeong
ProducersMiky Lee·Syd Lim

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Cast · Directed by Park Chan-wook

KMKim Min-hee
Kim Min-hee
Lady Hideko
KTKim Tae-ri
Kim Tae-ri
Sook-hee
HJHa Jung-woo
Ha Jung-woo
Count Fujiwara
CJCho Jin-woong
Cho Jin-woong
Uncle Kouzuki
KHKim Hae-sook
Kim Hae-sook
Ms. Sasaki
MSMoon So-ri
Moon So-ri
Hideko's Aunt
LYLee Yong-nyeo
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
KEKwak Eun-jin
Kwak Eun-jin
Kkeut-dan
LDLee Dong-hwi
Lee Dong-hwi
Goo-gai
JEJo Eun-hyung
Jo Eun-hyung
Young Hideko
RTRina Takagi
Rina Takagi
Hideko's Mother
HHHan Ha-na
Han Ha-na
Junko

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