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The Handmaiden (2016)

The Handmaiden is a 2016 South Korean erotic historical psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Park Chan-Wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is loosely based on the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh author Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese rule, where a Korean girl is hired as a handmaiden to…

Directed by Park Chan-wook · Shot by Chung Chung-Hoon · Cut by Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom · Music by Jo Yeong-wook · Ratio 2.35:1 · 145 min

Behind the scenes

Most Important Part Of The Filmmaking Process by Park Chan-wook & Kim Tae-ri of THE HANDMAIDEN — Film Courage · 4 min
Symbolic Storytelling of The Handmaiden — Spikima Movies · 12 min
Park Chan-wook Breaks Down His Favorite Shots From Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and More | My Best Shots — CineFix · 9 min

Elsewhere

More by Park Chan-wook

The Brigands of Rattlecreek
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream — 1992
Threesome — 1997
Judgement — 1999
Joint Security Area — 2000
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance — 2002
Oldboy — 2003
If You Were Me — 2003
Three... Extremes — 2004
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance — 2005
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK — 2006
Thirst — 2009
Night Fishing — 2010
Day Trip — 2012
Stoker — 2013
Decision to Leave — 2022
No Other Choice — 2025

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