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The Handmaiden (2016) · Ah-ga-ssi

Original title: Ah-ga-ssi

2016 · Park Chan-wook · 145 min · Corea del Sur · Edited by 1

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1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, 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 elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

A 2016 title built around Psychological, Queer and Rural. Directed by Park Chan-wook.

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French: Mademoiselle
German: Die Taschendiebin
Portuguese: A Criada
Chinese: 下女誘罪
Japanese: お嬢さん

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