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THE HANDMAIDEN (AH-GA-SSI)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, SWITZERLAND
Local title : DIE TASCHENDIEBIN  ;  Release date : May 04, 2017
 
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Completed - KOREAN - Thriller, Romance, Erotic - 145 minutes

Log Line

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

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Park CHAN-WOOK
Writer(s) : Sarah WATERS, Jeong SEO-KYEONG, Chan-wook PARK
Cast : Min-Hee KIM, Tae-Ri KIM, Jung-Woo HA, Jin-Woong JO, Hae-Suk KIM, So-Ri MOON

Producer(s) : Syd LIM, Chan-wook PARK

Synopsis

With help from an orphaned pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri), a Korean con man (Ha Jung-woo) devises an elaborate plot to seduce and bilk a Japanese woman (Kim Min-hee) out of her inheritance.

Production

Country(ies) : KOREA (South)

CZECH REPU AEROFILMS, S.R.
DENMARK ANGEL FILMS A/S
ESTONIA Aug 16, 2016 MUST KASI / KIN
FINLAND CINEMANSE OY
FINLAND May 19, 2017 CINEMANSE OY
FRANCE THE JOKERS FILM
GERMANY KOCH FILMS GMBH
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
HUNGARY MOZINET LTD.
JAPAN PHANTOM FILM CO
LITHUANIA KINO PAVASARIS
NETHERLAND Feb 02, 2017 CINÉART NETHERL
NETHERLAND Feb 02, 2017 CINÉART NETHERL
NORWAY ARTHAUS
NORWAY Apr 07, 2017 BERGEN INTERNAT
POLAND GUTEK FILM LTD
PORTUGAL ALAMBIQUE
RUSSIA Aug 25, 2016 CINEMA PRESTIGE
SINGAPORE SHAW ORGANISATI
SPAIN Dec 02, 2016 LA AVENTURA AUD
SWEDEN NONSTOP ENTERTA
SWITZERLAN May 04, 2017 SPOT ON DISTRIB
TAIWAN CATCHPLAY, INC.
THAILAND M PICTURES CO.,
TURKEY KURMACA FILM
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
UNITED KIN CURZON CM FUND
UNITED KIN CURZON CINEMAS
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
UNITED KIN SECRET CINEMA
USA AMAZON STUDIOS


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Festivals and Awards

Women in Film, Korea 2016 (New Actress Award: Tae-ri Kim)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2017 (Best non English Film, EDA Award)


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