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The Handmaiden (2016)

MMR 4.0/5
Review Published 15-11-2025

Overview

4.0/5
Summary
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 elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Original title
Ah-ga-ssi
Year
2016
Released
14-04-2017
Runtime
145 min
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
8.1
Metascore
85