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The Handmaiden(Movie, 2016)

Original title: "아가씨" (Korean/KO)
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| 2h 25min | Genres: Thriller, Drama, Romance / Love
The HandmaidenRating: 4.1/5 (with 15401,540 votes) 760
The Handmaiden (Korean: 아가씨; RR: Agassi; lit. '"Lady"') is a 2016 South Korean 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 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. The Handmaiden was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in South Korea on 1 June 2016 to widespread critical acclaim and grossed over US$38 million worldwide. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, the film won the category of Best Film Not in the English Language. ()
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About The Handmaiden

In 1930s Korea, a new girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler, who is posing as a Japanese Count, to help him seduce the Lady and steal her fortune.

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Production country: South Korea
Based on the work of: Sarah Waters ("Fingersmith")
Original language: Korean (KO)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA), Korean (KO)
Translated into 36 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian Nynorsk (NN), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/21/2016 (World premiere: 06/01/2016)
Director: Park Chan-wook
Film Editor: Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom
Director of Photography: Chung Chung-Hoon
Art Director: Ryu Seong-hui
Composer: Jo Yeong-wook
Production Designer: Ryu Seong-hui
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"小姐"
"Palvelijatar"
"Mademoiselle"
"Fingersmith"
"Lady"
"下女诱罪"
"Mademoiselle"
"Agassi"
"Ah-ga-ssi"
"Ahgassi"
"Kammerpiken"
"Służąca"
"เล่ห์รักนักล้วง"
"下女的诱惑"
Budget: 8,575,000 USD
Revenue: 37,767,206 USD (= 440%)

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