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The Handmaiden

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The Handmaiden

2016 · 145 min · South Korea · Korean

The Handmaiden (2016) has a goodrecmovies Score of 80.3, ranked #176 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: excellent). It's a Drama, Romance and Thriller movie rated 8.1/10 on IMDb from 210,194 votes. Updated

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★ 8.1IMDb · 210k

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. 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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Lady Hideko
Ha Jung-woo
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Sook-Hee
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
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Lee Dong-hwi
Goo-gai
Kim Hae-sook
Miss Sasaki
Lee Kyu-jung
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KKim Min-heeLady HidekoHHa Jung-wooCount FujiwaraCCho Jin-woongUncle KouzukiMMoon So-riAunt of Lady HidekoKKim Tae-riSook-HeeLLee Yong-nyeoBok-soonKKwak Eun-jinGgeut-danLLee Dong-hwiGoo-gaiKKim Hae-sookMiss SasakiLLee Kyu-jungMaid #1

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