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The Handmaiden (2016)
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A confidence scheme supplies a strong hook before Park Chan-wook changes what the relationships mean. Korean and Japanese have different social roles within the colonial-era setting, so choose subtitles that distinguish them when possible. It is intricate but engaging, with explicit sex and coercion making this a firmly adult option.
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About The Handmaiden
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.