The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden is a 2016 South Korean erotic historical psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Park Chan-Wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese rule, where a Korean girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate.
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Credits
Director:
- Park Chan-Wook
Cast:
- Kim Min-hee
- Kim Tae-ri
- Ha Jung-woo
- Cho Jin-woong
- Kim Hae-sook
- Moon So-ri
- Jeong Ha-dam
- Jo Eun-hyung
Writers:
- Sarah Waters
- Chung Seo-kyung
- Park Chan-Wook
Producers:
- Park Chan-Wook
- Syd Lim
Now Playing
The next date The Handmaiden is playing is Tuesday, November 3 .
(The Handmaiden is not showing in any area theaters on Tuesday, October 27.)