The Handmaiden
2016Park Chan-wook145 min
Verdict: Home
- A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.
- Published shot timings inform the attention estimate.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, 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 steal her fortune.
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- A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.
- Published shot timings inform the attention estimate.