The Handmaiden (2016) on Netflix
NR20162h 25mDramaRomanceThriller
In 1930s Korea, the pickpocket Sook-hee becomes handmaiden to Hideko, a Japanese heiress. Count Fujiwara, a swindler, plans to marry Hideko for her money, and Sook-hee is there to help him.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb8.1/10208,504 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes96%
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Plot summary
Sook-hee, a pickpocket brought up by thieves who train children to steal and forge papers, travels to a large countryside estate in Japanese-occupied Korea to serve as handmaiden to Hideko, the Japanese heiress living there with her uncle Kouzuki. Kouzuki fills the house with rare books and holds readings for collectors. A man posing as Count Fujiwara intends to marry Hideko, then have her committed and take her fortune, and Sook-hee has been sent to nudge the heiress toward him. Hideko, who reads aloud for her uncle's guests, asks Sook-hee to sleep near her and grows attached to the new maid.
Cast
- Kyu-jung Leeas Maid 1
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Handmaiden (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Kim Tae-ri won the part of the pickpocket maid Sook-hee from 1,500 candidates; Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong had already signed on for the film in December 2014.
- Kouzuki's mansion, a blend of Japanese and British architecture, was filmed at the Moroto Seiroku Mansion in Kuwana, Mie prefecture, Japan, with CGI adding exterior detail. The house, Rokkaen, was designed by British architect Josiah Conder and built in 1913.
