The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden

You're the one being tricked.

2016•2h 25m•8.2/10

ThrillerDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.2/10(4K)

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.

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Production

Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kim Min-hee

Kim Min-hee

Lady Hideko

Kim Tae-ri

Kim Tae-ri

Sook-hee

Ha Jung-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Count Fujiwara

Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong

Uncle Kouzuki

Kim Hae-sook

Kim Hae-sook

Ms. Sasaki

Moon So-ri

Moon So-ri

Hideko's Aunt

Lee Yong-nyeo

Lee Yong-nyeo

Bok-soon

Kwak Eun-jin

Kwak Eun-jin

Kkeut-dan

Lee Dong-hwi

Lee Dong-hwi

Goo-gai

Jo Eun-hyung

Jo Eun-hyung

Young Hideko

Rina Takagi

Rina Takagi

Hideko's Mother

Han Ha-na

Han Ha-na

Junko

Lee Kyu-jung

Lee Kyu-jung

Maid 1

Kim See-eun

Kim See-eun

Maid 2

Ha Si-yeon

Ha Si-yeon

Maid 3

Kim Eun-yeong

Maid 4

Jeong Ha-dam

Jeong Ha-dam

Maid 5

Yoo Min-chae

Yoo Min-chae

Ggeut-dan

Won Geun-hee

Won Geun-hee

Butler

Kim Jong-dae

Mansion Driver

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