SOUTH KOREA · 2016
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook
Korean New Wave
deception and con artistry
forbidden romance
colonial occupation
class and servitude
psychological manipulation
Synopsis
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.
Films with Similar Energy
Cinema DNA
The Handmaiden
Open the Cinema DNA
Films with Similar Themes
deception and con artistry · forbidden romance · colonial occupation · class and servitude · psychological manipulation
More from South Korea
Cinema of South Korea
More Films with Similar Energy
Deeper matches by cinematic fingerprint
