: Follows Sook-hee, a pickpocket hired by a conman ("The Count") to become the maid for a wealthy Japanese heiress, Lady Hideko, to seduce her and steal her inheritance.
: The film uses the Japanese occupation of Korea as a backdrop for power dynamics—Japanese is the language of the "elite" and the "oppressor," while Korean represents the characters' true selves. thehandmaiden20161080pbluraywebriphindid updated