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      The Handmaiden

      Released Oct 21, 2016 2 hr. 24 min. Mystery & Thriller Drama Romance TRAILER for The Handmaiden: Trailer 1 List
      96% 225 Reviews Tomatometer 91% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 02 Rent Now

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      The Handmaiden uses a Victorian crime novel as the loose inspiration for another visually sumptuous and absorbingly idiosyncratic outing from director Park Chan-wook.

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      Lucero D CINE SEÑORES VERDADERO CINE Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Seemenow Mind blowing plot twist one after another. The visual representation, cinematography, the setting everything about this movie is a masterpiece. The best film ever made. Two actresses I'm speechless their performance. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/24 Full Review David C This is easily one of the greatest films ever made. The shots were superb. Highly elevated erotic thriller with plenty of twists you can't see coming. Chan wook cements himself as one of the greatest living directors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Good twist! Sex scenes were really well done Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Rich S "Spellbindingly beautiful." Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Corey J I liked it a lot. It's three act format that withholds quite a lot in its first act gave my brain things to chew on and things for my brain to squeak in delight when i recognized something from the first act put into context. I dislike all sex scenes on the simple fact that they all make me uncomfortable. I feel the ending with both antagonists dying at the end was satisfying is a bit shoved in. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      (L-R) Ha Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara, Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko, Kim Tae-ri as Sook-Hee and Cho Jin-woong as Uncle Kouzuki in "The Handmaiden." (L-R) Ha- Jung-woo as Count Fujiwara and Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko in "The Handmaiden." Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko in "The Handmaiden." Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko in "The Handmaiden." Kim Tae-ri as Sook-Hee in "The Handmaiden." Kim Tae-ri as Sook-Hee in "The Handmaiden." View more photos

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      Li Sian Goh Bitch Media The drama combines the sumptuous art direction and black humor of Park's past work with a warmth and compassion that feeds the soul. Feb 11, 2021 Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses Once again Park finds himself immersed in a world of woman-driven intrigue, and like Stoker before it The Handmaiden is concerned with the power dynamics between women in what are contextually configured as sexually transgressive scenarios. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review K. Austin Collins The Ringer The Handmaiden is exemplary proof of Park's mastery, a high point from a director known for his purposeful aesthetic care, even in matters of overwrought sexual melodrama. Aug 10, 2017 Full Review Demitra Kampakis Vague Visages Park demonstrates how the complicated relationship between role-play, desire, secrecy, power and revenge prove ripe for darkly comic (and perverse) fodder. Dec 12, 2023 Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo Beautiful images in the frame with a grotesc story about the survival in a context war. You have to watch it. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Aug 31, 2022 Full Review Merryn Johns Curve It’s a beautiful film of quality and cleverness. May 19, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      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.
      Director
      Park Chan-wook
      Executive Producer
      Miky Lee
      Screenwriter
      Jeong Seo-kyeong
      Distributor
      Magnolia Pictures, Amazon Studios
      Production Co
      Moho Film, CJ Entertainment, Yong Film
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Korean
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 21, 2016, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 30, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $2.0M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital
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