The Villainess (2017) on Netflix
NR20172h 4mActionCrimeDramaThriller
Raised into a killer, Sook-hee is taken in by South Korea's intelligence agency. As Chae Yeon-soo she trains as an agent and raises her daughter, promised freedom after ten years.
- Netflix3.0/5
- IMDb6.6/1018,848 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
Sook-hee witnessed her father's murder as a child, hearing only the killer's whistled tune. Jang-Chun, a friend of her father, finds her hiding and sells her to a prostitution ring; the assassin Lee Joong-sang rescues her and trains her as a killer. Devoted to him, she tells him she would give up her revenge for a married life. South Korea's intelligence agency later recruits her, fakes her death, gives her a new face and the name Chae Yeon-soo, and offers freedom after ten years of service. Pregnant, she accepts. She gives birth to Eun-hye while in training, and once her first assignment is done she moves into an apartment with her daughter.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Villainess (2017)
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- Director Jung Byung-gil said The Villainess was inspired by Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita, a film he had seen when he was 10 years old.
