The Handmaiden
2016 · 145 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 153,368 VOTES · DIR. Park Chan-wook
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,260 lines
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00:01:15 You little brats, beat it!
00:07:28 What scent is this, that fills my nose?
00:11:56 To his w...wife's niece?
00:16:53 But don't ever lie to me. Understood?
00:24:17 Now your tedium is over.
00:29:00 It's suffocating. How do ladies wear such things?
00:35:59 No baby is ever guilty of being born.
00:41:49 I said I wasn't sure.
00:46:40 Okju.
00:50:32 Even if I say I don't love him,
00:59:48 She should be confined in a place
01:06:08 to my big sister.
01:10:09 and smooth as jade.
01:16:32 Is it Sade?
01:21:26 antique bookmaking tools of East and West,
01:26:56 to possess your father's inheritance,
01:30:51 You are just mesmerising.
01:36:17 It's not your eyes, your hands or ass,
01:41:19 Shall I teach you more, Miss?
01:47:53 I was going to lock you up in there under my name,
01:55:50 I'm glad.
02:05:48 You wished to see my bookmaking tools?
02:12:06 And... the clear, bright crimson blood!
02:21:54 my dear love
Cast & Characters
Kim Min-hee
Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
Kkeut-dan
Lee Dong-hwi
Goo-gai
Jo Eun-hyung
Young Hideko
Rina Takagi
Hideko's Mother
Han Ha-na
Junko
Lee Kyu-jung
Maid 1
Kim See-eun
Maid 2
Ha Si-yeon
Maid 3
Kim Eun-yeong
Maid 4
Jeong Ha-dam
Maid 5
Yoo Min-chae
Ggeut-dan
Won Geun-hee
Butler
Kim Jong-dae
Mansion Driver
Jang Han-sun
Kouzuki Porter
Kim Lee-woo
Japanese Officer 1
Shinsuke Fujimoto
Japanese Officer 2
Katsuhiro Nagano
Monk
Lee Ji-ha
Female Owner of Ryokan
Tomomitsu Adachi
Mental Hospital Doctor 1
Takashi Kakizawa
Mental Hospital Doctor 2
Hwang Seo-yoon
Mental Hospital Nurse 1
Park Do-young
Mental Hospital Nurse 2
Lee Ji-hye
Young Hideko's Maid 1
Heo So-yeon
Young Hideko's Maid 2
Lee Yoon-jae
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 1
Choi Jong-ryul
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 2
Kim Joon-woo
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 3
Bae Il-hyuck
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 4
Kim Soo-woong
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 5
Jo Yong-hyun
'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 6
Park Kee-ryung
'The Whip Speaks' Reading Guest 1
Choi Byung-mo
'The Whip Speaks' Reading Guest 2
Han Chang-hyun
'The Whip Speaks' Reading Guest 3
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,260
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:01:15
Final line02:21:54
Production Record
DirectorPark Chan-wook
LanguageKorean
Budget$8,575,000
Revenue$38,600,000
IMDb votes153,368
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