USA Africa Dialogue Series - THE HANDMAIDEN (Trailer): directed by Park Chan-wook: A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvHtfRAKNk

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

THE HANDMAIDEN Trailer
A Movie directed by Park Chan-wook
Cast : Jung-woo Ha, Min-hee Kim, Jin-woong Jo
Release Date : 2016
Genre : Thriller, Romance, Drama

Review:

"The film is divided in three parts, each from a different perspective. A Korean criminal posing as a wealthy Japanese man who goes by the name Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-Woo, bringing maximum Cary Grant charm) wishes to exact a sort of vengeance-by-proxy on Kouzuki, a Korean nobleman also posing as Japanese. His plan is to court and marry Kouzuki's Japanese niece and ward Hideko (Kim Min-Hee) and obtain his fortune, then commit her to a mental asylum. In the film's first act, he enlists the help of Sook-hee (Kim Tae-Ri), a lowborn pickpocket, to take a job as Hideko's handmaiden, and convince her to wed Fujiwara. This becomes complicated when Sook-Hee falls in love with Hideko." 

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/9/12867184/the-handmaiden-review-park-chan-wook-fingersmith-tiff-2016

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