You're the one being tricked.
The Handmaiden
77Standing
19th of 194 in Korean Cinema
- Out-grossed 79% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($39M).
- Returned 4.5× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
- Momentum in the 60th percentile.
- Audience rating 8.2 from 4,524 votes, the 98th percentile.
- Cost
- $9M
- Took
- $39M
Blockbuster4.5× its cost
Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 1.9 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
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.
- Released
- 1 June 2016
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Language
- Korean
- Industry
- Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 21 credits
- Kim Min-heeLady Hideko
- Kim Tae-riSook-hee
- Ha Jung-wooCount Fujiwara
- Cho Jin-woongUncle Kouzuki
- Kim Hae-sookMs. Sasaki
- Moon So-riHideko's Aunt
Made by
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Writer
- Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
- Original Music Composer
- Jo Yeong-wook
- Director of Photography
- Chung Chung-hoon
- Producer
- Syd Lim
Filed under
DramaRomanceThriller