THE HANDMAIDEN

AH-GA-SSI

By Park CHAN-WOOK

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Thriller - Completed 2016

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

Festivals
& Awards

Women in Film, Korea 2016
New Actress Award: Tae-ri Kim
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2017
Best non English Film, EDA Award
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Romance, Erotic
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Budget
    • 5 - 10 M$
    • Duration
    • 145 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Park CHAN-WOOK
    • Writer(s)
    • Sarah WATERS, Jeong SEO-KYEONG, Chan-Wook PARK
    • Producer(s)
    • Syd LIM, Chan-Wook PARK
    • Synopsis
    • With help from an orphaned pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri), a Korean con man (Ha Jung-woo) devises an elaborate plot to seduce and bilk a Japanese woman (Kim Min-hee) out of her inheritance.