Laura Miller at Kouzuki notices the cigarettes are producing blue smoke. In December 2014, it was reported that Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong signed on for the film.In the United States, the distribution of the film was handled by Amazon Studios and In the United Kingdom, the distribution of the film was handled by Amazon Studios and The film's numerous sexually explicit scenes between the two main female characters sparked some controversy. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is … Hideko demands the Count find her a girl to hire as a maid, to commit to an asylum in Hideko's place. A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant. With Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Cho, So-Ri Moon. 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.

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). Hideko shows Sook-hee the books she was forced to read and Sook-hee begins destroying the library.

a list of 13 images After smoking, a disgusted Fujiwara refuses to give further details. She and Fujiwara double-crossed Sook-hee and convinced the asylum that she is the "Countess" to have her committed in Hideko's stead. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Sook-hee's friend Bok-soon sets a fire at the asylum and poses as a firefighter to rescue Sook-hee. On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. 65 wins & 104 nominations. The Handmaiden (Korean: 아가씨; RR: Agassi; lit. a list of 68 titles Hideko lives with her Uncle Kouzuki, a Korean man who When Kouzuki leaves on business for a week, Hideko and Fujiwara elope. When Hideko questions the description of a hanging in a book she has to read, Kouzuki tells her that he murdered her aunt using torture devices in the basement after she attempted to run away. Hideko poisons Fujiwara's wine, causing him to pass out while she takes the money and leaves. Relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? 14 of 23 people found this review helpful. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. It is inspired by the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese colonial rule. 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).

When Hideko expresses her fear of her uncle, the Count promises her a vial of fast-acting poison as a wedding present, so that she can never be taken to the basement. Hideko tries to confess her love, but when Sook-hee insists the marriage go on, Hideko throws her from the room and tries to hang herself. A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge. a list of 5 titles Was this review helpful to you? Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Hideko's aunt is found hanged from a tree in the yard, and Hideko takes over as the reader for the pornography auctions.

The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

Directed by Chan-wook Park. During the first part of this movie, it kind of doesn't make any sense; however, during the second part is when things start to get way better. The flashbacks show a regime of psychological and physical abuse that eventually degrades Hideko's aunt's sanity. A series of flashbacks show that Hideko's “reading practice” was in fact Kouzuki teaching her to erotically read sadistic pornography since she was five years old. After a shooting incident at the North/South Korean border/DMZ leaves 2 North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss/Swedish team investigates, what actually happened. Fujiwara makes up a story about their wedding night but a flashback shows that he watched Hideko masturbate before cutting her hand on a knife to stain her sheets, refusing to consummate the marriage. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

Hideko helps Sook-hee write a letter to her family to say she has teamed up with Hideko, and to hatch a plot to get Hideko and Sook-hee away from the men who have been manipulating them. In the more recent past, the Count realizes seducing Hideko would be impossible and instead includes her in the plan to elope and then split her inheritance. '"Lady"') is a 2016 South Korean erotic psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. Another This is all about greediness and its betrayal. A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing. He tortures Fujiwara in his cellar with his collection of antique bookmaking tools and presses him for sexual details about his niece. Use the HTML below. While being instructed by the Count, who takes advantage of Sook-hee's illiteracy, Hideko unexpectedly falls in love with her. After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.

Sook-hee saves her and both admit to their plots.

Hideko calls Sook-hee "her savior" and joins in destroying her uncle's collection. After cashing out Hideko's inheritance, it is revealed that Hideko's naïveté was part of the con. a list of 100 titles